62-year-old Ocean Springs man sentenced to probation for unlawfully harming endangered smalltooth sawfish in Key West, Florida.

Hong Thanh Nguyen, 62, from Ocean Springs, has been sentenced to one year of probation for unlawfully maiming an endangered smalltooth sawfish off Key West, Florida, in February 2022. While aboard a shrimp boat, Nguyen severed the fish's rostrum after it became entangled in a net. The case was investigated by the NOAA Office of Law Enforcement and prosecuted in the Southern District of Mississippi, highlighting threats to endangered species.

September 05, 2024
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