
Feds Nab Longline Fisherman For Entering Monument Waters
August 27, 2007 @ 08:44 AM (EST)
Source: Kpua.net
The federal government has charged a vessel owner and operator with illegally fishing in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.
It's the first time federal authorities have taken such action since President Bush last year declared the waters of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands a marine national monument.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has charged longline fishing vessel owner and operator Robert Flores with three counts of entering the monument and unlawfully harvesting monument resources...
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