Florida charter boat captain sentenced to prison, $51,000 fine for shooting and poisoning dolphins

Florida charter captain sentenced for poisoning, shooting dolphins

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — A fisherman in Panama City, Florida, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay a $51,000 fine after being convicted of poisoning dolphins with a pesticide and shooting them with a firearm. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA) Office of Law Enforcement launched an investigation into Zackery Brandon Barfield, 31, who was found to be in violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Federal Insect…

A Florida fisherman was mad that dolphins were ‘stealing’ his catch, so he poisoned at least 24 and shot 5 of them: NOAA

A Florida fisherman was sentenced to 30 days in jail last week after he was convicted of poisoning dolphins with an unlawfully used pesticide and killing dolphins with a gun, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Charter boat captain sentenced for poisoning, shooting dolphin

A charter boat captain in Florida was sentenced to a month in jail for poisoning and shooting dolphins.

Florida charter boat captain sentenced to prison, $51,000 fine for shooting and poisoning dolphins - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

PANAMA CITY, Florida (WPTV) — A Florida charter boat captain is headed to prison for poisoning and shooting dolphins. The Department of Justice announced that Zackery Brandon Barfield, 31, of Panama City, was sentenced to 30 days in prison and ordered to pay a $51,000 fine for three counts of poisoning and shooting dolphins. Barfield’s acts violated the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. The …

Florida Man Gets 30 Days for Killing Dolphins

"He knew the regulations protecting dolphins, yet he killed them anyway—once in front of children," federal prosecutor Adam Gustafson says of Florida fisherman Zackery Barfield. The 31-year-old charter and fishing captain has been sentenced to 30 days in prison and a year of supervised release for shooting and poisoning...

Sadistic Florida fisherman jailed and fined for killing dolphins in front of kids

A Florida fishing boat captain was sentenced to one month behind bars after he admitted to poisoning and shooting dolphins.