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FWC Law Enforcement Report
June 13, 2015
The Florida FWC Division of Law Enforcement reported the following activity during the weekly period ending June 11 in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
ESCAMBIA COUNTY
The FWC Offshore vessel FinCat was on patrol multiple days conducting 27 boarding’s and making one public assist. Several state and federal violations were made including, two federal citations for no federal reef fish permit, one federal citation for over the bag limit of red snapper, one state citation for undersized cobia, one state citation for possession of gray triggerfish during closed season, and one state citation for possession of gag grouper during closed season. Several other federal and state warnings were issued.
SANTA ROSA COUNTY
The FWC Offshore vessel FinCat was on patrol over the weekend. Officers Cushing, Land, Manning, and US Coast Guard (USCG) Boarding Officer Dziama helped to conduct 40 fisheries and safety inspections over the two day period. Many vessels were in violation for being in possession of red snapper in federal waters. Five warnings and six resource citations were issued. Also, the USCG issued seven safety violations, three warnings, and terminated two vessels voyages. FWC Pilot Fields helped direct the crew to two separate resource violations.
This report represents some events the FWC handled over the past week;however, it does not include all actions taken by the Division of Law Enforcement. Information provided by FWC.
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Please keep posting these reports. People need to know that FWC hasn’t stopped enforcing fisheries laws/rules. This article is your warning if you think you can get away with keeping too many fish or out of season fish.