Author: Melissa Harrold, Senior News Editor, Local10.com
ISLAMORADA, Fla. –
Two men were arrested Friday, accused of poaching corals in the Florida Keys.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said it received a call from the U.S. Coast Guard in Islamorada that two men on a small boat were seen taking corals from the reef near Alligator Reef Lighthouse.
The FWC and the Coast Guard responded and found the boat. The FWC said officers found a cooler full of corals and marine life on the boat, as well as two chisels and a chisel hammer, which investigators said were used to extract the coral from the reef. Read the full article at http://www.local10.com/news/2-charged-with-poaching-corals/-/1717324/8175274/-/83wvhbz/-/