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California Wildlife Officers Shut Down Illegal Marijuana Grows
Meth, Firearms and Trash Pit Discovered Near Restored Wetlands
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Repeat Offenders Busted for Illegal Netting
On Thursday, officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) were on routine patrol in windward O‘ahu when they observed a lay net violation in progress.
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Illegal Charterboat Operation Haulted
After being notified of the vessel by Customs and Border Protection a Coast Guard Station Station Miami Beach 33-foot Special Purpose Craft—Law Enforcement crew conducted a boarding of the vessel and discovered the following violations:
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12 Charged with Illegal Striper Harvest
Two Special Agents from NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement spent more than 15,000 hours investigating an illegal fishing scheme
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Reservoir's Illegal Stocking Results in Rotenone Treatment
Division of Wildlife Resources found three illegally introduced fish species - yellow perch, bluegill sunfish, and green sunfish
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Illegal Shark Harvest Vs. Texa PWD
As apex predators, sharks are extremely important to the balance of a healthy marine ecosystem. But environmental pirates are taking a toll on sharks, as seen in this video.
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Texas Game Wardens Uncover Illegal Snapper Operation
A network that allegedly violated recreational fishing regulations to an extreme was uncovered in a two-year investigation by Texas Game Wardens. Nearly 28,000 pounds of unlawfully-caught finfish, mostly red snapper, are alleged to have been illegally sold to 2 Houston restaurants for an estimated profit of over $400,000.
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Coast Guard Interdicts Mexican Fishermen with 300 Illegal Red Snapper
A lancha, or Mexican fishing boat, was seized along with 300 red snapper, 3 shark and fishing gear, near the U.S./Mexico border after the Coast Guard caught four men aboard the boat illegally fishing in U.S. territorial waters Feb. 24, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
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Fish Trafficking, Counterfeit Money, Marijuana, and Meth Bust (Video)
Wildlife officers have arrested two suspects for trafficking striped bass in Fresno County, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced.
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Commercial Fisheries Enforcement Assisted with Facial Recognition Software?
$150,000 reward to write code for facial recognition software to pinpoint illegal catch on fishing boats
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Commercial Fisherman Pleads Guilty to Illegal Striper Take
The United States Attorney's Office announced that today in federal court, DEWEY W. WILLIS, JR., 39, of Newport pled guilty to federal charges regarding the illegal harvest and sale of Atlantic striped bass from federal waters off the coast of North Carolina during 2010.
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California Marijuana Cultivation Diverting Stream Resources
The study confirmed that diminished stream flow from water-intensive activity is likely to have lethal impacts on state and federally listed salmon and steelhead trout as well as cause further decline of sensitive amphibian species
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Coast Guards Releases Illegally Caught Sharks
A Coast Guard Station South Padre Island, Texas, boat crew frees a shark from illegal gill net Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo) CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard freed 50 living sharks and two tripletail Tuesday, from illegal longline gear and gill net that was found about 400 yards offshore, near South Padre Island. Five dead sharks were also caught in the illegal fishing gear.
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New law empowers U.S. to combat illegal fishing and seafood fraud and promote the sustainable management of international fisheries
Photo: The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Rush escorts the suspected high seas drift net fishing vessel Da Cheng in the North Pacific Ocean on August 14, 2012. (Credit: U.S. Coast Guard)
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Joint Investigation Leads to Illegal Fish Shocking Case
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (MDWFP) in a joint investigation cited three Mississippi men for illegally shocking fish on the Pearl River on Aug. 11.
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FWC arrests poachers for possession of illegal species, including sea turtle
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) arrested four people over the weekend for possession of undersized and illegal species.
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