RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                           MORNING REPORT

Attention: Directorate
           Regional and Park Chief Rangers, USPP, BIFC, FLETC
           CC: RAD Information Net

Day/date: Thursday, March 29, 1990

INCIDENTS

90-48 - Everglades (Florida) - Illegal Fishing Conviction

In December of 1989, a park ranger flying over the park's Gulf
Coast district observed the captain and a crew member on a
commercial fishing boat use a large net to illegally take fish in
the park. When the ranger landed and approached the boat, the
fishermen cut their net and fled. Both the captain and crew
member were charged with commercial fishing within the park and
were found guilty by a Federal magistrate on March 22nd. The
magistrate employed the revised fines established by the Federal
Reform Act of 1987 and fined the captain the minimum of $5,000
plus the cost of the net and court costs. The crewman was fined
$150 in court costs. (Mark Lewis, EVER, via telephone report
from Steve Smith, RAD/SERO, 3/23/90).

OFFICE NOTES

No notes today.

STAFF STATUS

- Branch of Resource & Visitor Protection: Coffey at Channel
  Islands for RM inventory and monitoring committee meeting
  (3/26-30); Halainen in Nashville at Servicewide uniform
  committee meeting (3/26-30); Loach at FLETC (3/28-30).

- Branch of Fire: Clark at RMR coordinator/FMO meeting in Grand
  Junction (3/26-30); Gale in Washington, Philadelphia and
  Baltimore (3/25 - 4/3); Norum at national workshop on fire
  effects in Spokane (3/26-30).


Prepared by WASO Division of Ranger Activities

Telephone:  FTS 343-4874/6039 or 202-343-4874/6039
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