Schumer: Reimburse fishermen for 'excessive' fees
Quick ReadU.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is demanding that fisheries officials "return arbitrary and excessive fines to fishermen who committed no wrongdoing or were excessively fined."
Photo credit: Handout | An undated photo of commercial fisherman Tom Kokell aboard the CindiSea with his son Ryan, then 14.
Schumer helps fined fisherman
Sen. Charles Schumer Monday accused federal fisheries police of exploiting millions in fishermen's fines as a "slush fund for excess," and demanded money be returned to those wrongly or over-penalized.
The demand comes in response to revelations that the law enforcement arm of the National Marine Fisheries Service, which polices national fishing grounds, spent millions on unauthorized travel,...
