Photo by spesbach2002 Although the scope of the recent major discovery of illegal fishing nets in the Chesapeake Bay continues to widen, Maryland Department of Natural Resources officials gave local commercial fishermen a respite by reopening fishing season for two days, Friday and Monday. DNR police found another illegal 400-yard-long anchor net Wednesday morning with up to several hundred pounds of caught rockfish, adding to the 10 tons of confiscated fish found earlier this…

Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police officers are looking for rockfish poachers who snagged over 20,000 pounds of rockfish this week. Maryland officers discovered a 900-yard gill net with 6,000 pounds of fish near Bloody Point Lighthouse Tuesday, leading to the further uncovering of more sunken nets, bringing the total to over 10 tons. The legal limit for fishers is 300 pounds per day, making this the largest catch uncovered by a lone patrol in…