Tag Archives: Ryan Veach

Key West: Three admit to illegally taking lobster, fourth defendant still missing

January 29, 2015   Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic

A lobster-poaching investigation and legal case lasting more than five years hit its climax Monday when three Lower Keys commercial fishermen pleaded guilty in Key West federal court. A federal agent placed an electronic tracker aboard the men’s boat, the 32-foot Super Grouper, while it was docked in August 2009 at the Oceanside Marina on Stock Island. Information from the tracker was used by state and federal officers to follow the boat to several sites where illegal underwater structures, known as casitas, were placed to attract lobster. Read the rest here 12:36

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New charges in Lower Keys spiny lobster case – All are accused of violating the Lacey Act

October 22, 2014   Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic

Fishermen Charles and Tyson Veach and their company, Super Grouper Inc. of Stock Island and their company, Super Grouper Inc. of Stock Island, have been additionally charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office with selling illegally caught lobster on three dates in August, according to court documents. A third brother,  was charged previously in an indictment handed down in August.  Read the rest here 09:22

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