FWC Law Enforcement Report

November 17, 2016

The Florida FWC Division of Law Enforcement reported the following activity during the weekly period ending November 10 in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

ESCAMBIA COUNTY

While on patrol in Pensacola Bay, Officer Allgood found numerous fisheries-related violations including possession of red snapper during the closed season, undersized red snapper and undersized gag grouper. Four criminal summonses were issued for some of the fisheries violations as well as multiple warnings and infractions for boating safety and resource violations.

Officers Allgood and Clark conducted several resource inspections while on patrol in state waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and found violations involving possession red snapper during closed season. Six citations and associated warnings were issued for the violations.

SANTA ROSA COUNTY

No report submitted this week.

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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One Response to “FWC Law Enforcement Report”

  1. Bob's Brother on November 21st, 2016 11:15 am

    It must be a cheap fine to be caught with illegal fish onboard… or else it wouldn’t be quite as common to catch offenders.
    Maybe if FWC began confiscating boats and fishing tackle…..

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