
(USCG) Coast Guard Sector Baltimore cautions passengers who pay to go
fishing in the Chesapeake Bay during the 2011 fishing season to avoid
boats that do not have licensed captains, and in some cases, have not
been inspected by the Coast Guard. According to Coast Guard investigators, the number of vessels
reported to be illegally charging to carry people has increased over the
last two years and is most frequent in the areas of Kent and Tilghman
Islands, Rock Hall, Annapolis and the Potomac River in Charles County.
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