COCHECTON, NY — While patrolling the Delaware River in the Town of Cochecton on August 20, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Officers (ECO), utilizing night vision equipment, spotted six individuals unlawfully using cast nets. ECO Glen Parker, with assistance from ECO Eric Lovgren, approached the individuals under the cover of darkness and observed them using three cast nets to catch fish.

Lovgren located and seized a bag filled with 17 freshwater fish, including sunfish, rock bass and smallmouth bass. Twelve tickets for fishing without a freshwater license and taking fish by means other than angling were issued.