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MIAMI, Fl. (CW69 News at 10) – United States Magistrate Judge Lurana S. Snow sentenced Henry J. Danzig, 57, of Tavernier, Florida for illegally harvesting commercial quantities of demersal finfish from the vicinity of Cay Sal Bank, in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, and transporting the fish into the United States in violation of the Lacey Act, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.
Demersal finfish are those that live and feed on ocean bottoms. |
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Magistrate Judge Snow sentenced Danzig to:
One year probation
$25 special assessment
forfeiture a newly constructed and outfitted 30’ Contender Tournament boat worth more than $200,000.
The boat will be employed by the Royal Bahamas Defense Force to prevent, deter, and eliminate illegal and unreported fishing within the archipelagic waters of the Bahamas.
According to court documents, on May 9, 2020, Danzig, and four others were intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard in the Atlantic Ocean outside of Tavernier, in the Florida Keys, while they were returning from Bahamian waters. |
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