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| 24 February 2010
PINELLAS COUNTY
Officers Dieter Iten, William Holcomb, Bryan Beeler and Lieutenant Grant Burton were conducting a net limitation detail in Riviera Bay. Toward the end of the shift, Lieutenant Burton stopped a commercial fishing vessel in possession of approximately 1,500 pounds of ladyfish. A fisheries inspection revealed the vessel contained a snook that was undersize. The operator was subsequently charged with possession of snook out of season, harvest by illegal method, and violation of quality control (no ice on board to properly preserve the quality of the fish).
