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Fisherman who freed whale fined for not using "licensed marine mammal rescue worker"By Susan MiltonCapeCodOnline Dec. 27, 2010 |
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 BOSTON — A West Chatham fisherman walked out of U.S. District Court yesterday after paying a $500 fine for illegally untangling a humpback whale caught in his fishing gear. Robert J. Eldridge, 40, had faced a potential $100,000 fine and a maximum of a year in jail plus probation if found guilty of violating the federal Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. As part of yesterday's plea deal, Eldridge acknowledged he should have called in licensed marine mammal rescue workers instead of disentangling the whale himself on July 2008 off the coast of Chatham, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston. Read More 
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