The Maryland Natural Resources Police have new surveillance equipment, and they aren't afraid to use it. The network of radar units and cameras recently allowed for the arrest of four watermen on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The officers were working with the Maritime Law Enforcement Information Network, or MLEIN, a new method of tracking activity on the Bay. From the Department of Natural Resource's website: "Officers with laptops tapped into MLEIN on December 20 and noticed what appeared to be illegal harvest activity on the Choptank River. A land-based officer over the horizon alerted a patrol boat and directed it to the scene. Two men from Cambridge, MD,  were each cited for harvesting oysters with a power dredge in a sail-dredge area and harvesting oysters more than 200 feet inside a prohibited area with prohibited gear. Also in Talbot County, On December 11, MLEIN was employed to track a work boat to the Choptank River and then to Knapps Narrows, where officers on land intercepted it and seized 20 bushels of oysters. After an investigation, a man and a woman, who are both from Tilghman, were charged with dredging on submerged lands reserved for tonging, dredging in an area reserved for hand tonging, improper tagging of an oyster container, and harvesting oysters more than 200 feet in prohibited area with prohibited gear. In addition, they were issued 18 warnings. No court date has been scheduled." Interested in finding out what sort of consequences the alleged violators could be facing? Check out the January issue of PropTalk, on newsstands now, for a sample of fines and fees.