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Small town fisherman harpooned on federal charges for catch that's legal in other states: lawyer
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Christopher Winkler, a 63-year-old fisherman from Montauk, New York, has been convicted of federal fraud and conspiracy charges for surpassing quotas.
The problem is, according to his defense, if Winkler had caught the fish in neighboring New Jersey, there likely wouldn't have been a crime at all. Michael Ruiz is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to michael.ruiz@fox.com and on Twitter: @mikerreports
"The principal culprits here … are the antiquated fish landing quotas, particularly those for fluke that haven’t changed in some 30 years, which cheat New York fishermen out of their livelihoods even as New York’s fluke population has been increasing," said Richard Levitt, who is one of Winkler’s attorneys.
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