WMTW-TV8 • May 5, 2025
Officials with New Hampshire's Fish and Game Law Enforcement Division have charged a Maine man with several charges related to illegal fishing practices. Conservation officers say on April 23, they boarded the vessel "For the Win" operated by Rodney Genthner, of Friendship, Maine, in the waters off Portsmouth. The vessel had been monitored because Genthner did not have appropriate licensing and did not follow required equipment regulations. Genthner faces several state and federal charges after finding V-notched female lobsters, which are illegal to possess because they are supposed to be left alone to breed. He also allegedly possessed short lobsters and wolf fish, a state and federally protected species, and his vessel allegedly didn't have a vessel monitoring system, another requirement.