Brick captain charged with illegally catching flounder, sea bass

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"A commercial fishing boat captain from Brick has been charged with illegally taking more than his limit of flounder and sea bass on a recent fishing trip.

Jeffery Stanley, 44, skipper of the trawler Atlantic Queen, docked in Point Pleasant Beach, was charged along with the boat's owner, Alda Gentile, 53, of Speonk, N.Y.

According to the state Department of Environmental Protection, the Atlantic Queen harvested nearly 2,400 pounds of summer flounder and more than 1,200 pounds of black sea bass in excess of state limits.

Conservation officers boarded the Atlantic Queen shortly after midnight Jan. 25 after noticing that it appeared to be overloaded with summer flounder and black sea bass. The vessel had just docked in Point Pleasant Beach after returning from a 10-day fishing trip, officials said."

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