Like i said....good chunk of change, but not big money. Still suprised they got that much. Seems like even in this day an age with "stiffer" poaching laws anybody can go out and straight murder a bunch of anything an pay a minimal fine compared to offence an go do it again. The game laws in this state have got better but the fish laws seem way laxed.

According to the PF&BC, they are still fishing. Very seldom are businesses put OUT of business for violations. They are typically fined, sometimes assesed restitution for damages, forced to come into compliance ( in this case deploy legal nets ), and then allowed to continue operations. Hopefully under greater scrutiny.
 
"Krowicki argued that, at the time the gill net ban was passed, Gerald Mathers was paid what amounts to $250,000 in today's dollars to stop using the nets."
 
I don't know if it was in judges authority as far as the criminal case. Or if the statute of limitations has passed. But perhaps a civil suit to recover that payment, could be anthor avenue for the PF&BC to pursue. They obviously acted in bad faith in accepting those monies.