Tag: Fishermen’s Protective Act. Legal News

New Jersey Fisherman Pays $4,000 ‘Ransom’ To Escape Crude BVI Jail And Be Home In Time For Thanksgiving

ROAD TOWN, Tortola — New Jersey commercial fisherman Michael Foy, who was held prisoner in a crude British Virgin Islands jail cell for more than four months, has finally returned home. Foy was imprisoned in June after being charged with “illegal entry and unlicensed fishing” after being told by the BVI customs department to dock his boat […]