(From nytimes.com)- A Florida Keys commercial fisherman could lose his boat and go to prison if convicted of charges that he illegally poached thousands of spiny lobsters with traps that damaged coral reefs and sea grasses in sensitive marine waters.
More than 6,000 lobster tails were confiscated after Mr. Dreifort was arrested this week.
And officials said most of them were taken from protected seabeds of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.