320 Lobsters Illegally Taken from The Keys; Hundreds of Charges for Seven Men Accused
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Miami Herald] By Katie Atkins - July 11, 2017
The price to pay for spearing 320 spiny lobsters was a trip to jail Sunday — and hundreds of charges for seven out-of-state men.
The men, who were pulled over in a rented boat on the oceanside of the Vaca Cut Bridge around 4:30 p.m. by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers, also had four out-of-season stone crab claws and eight fish fillets on the boat, according to FWC spokesman Officer Bobby Dube.
Officers Alex Piekenbrock and Jefferson Carroll stopped the boat to do a resource inspection, Dube said. On board were...
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