MARATHON, FLA. (WSVN) - A man was arrested in the Florida Keys after deputies found nearly 200 illegally harvested lobster tails.
Monroe County deputies performed a traffic stop Tuesday night for an unreadable tag, only to find 191 lobster tails inside 25-year-old Yordy Escalante Carrillo’s car in Marathon.
Officials said 150 of the tails were undersized.
The limit for legally-sized, harvested lobsters is six per person, per day, according to authorities.
Carrillo admitted to deputies that he speared the lobsters, catching all of them that night. The sheriff’s office says he does not have a commercial fishing license.
Officials said Carrillo was cited for possession of 191 speared lobsters, possession of 150 undersized lobsters and possession of 185 over-the-limit lobsters.
Man caught with nearly 200 illegal lobsters: https://t.co/RmY672b0bj pic.twitter.com/5j2DBrpoCJ
— Florida Keys Sheriff (@keyssheriff) September 5, 2018
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