FWC Report
During the week of Aug. 9 through 15, Officer Hartzog observed a vessel violating the no wake zone on the river while patrolling Highway 98 in Carrabelle in Franklin County. He observed the individual come to a stop and begin fishing along the riverbank. The officer performed a resource and boating safety inspection, and observed the subject to be in possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. The individual was arrested and transported to Franklin County jail.
While conducting vessel patrol in federal waters south of Franklin County, Officers Hartzog, T. Nelson, and L. Mcleod observed a commercial fishing vessel with multiple individuals on board fishing. The officers conducted a resource and boating safety inspection that located multiple grouper filets, and on the hooks being used as bait. The officers documented the violations and forwarded details of the violation to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
While conducting vessel patrol in federal waters south of Franklin County, the three officers conducted a resource and boating safety inspection on a recreational fishing vessel with multiple individuals on board fishing. The officers located an out-of-season gray triggerfish and undersized African pompano. The officers cited the violations accordingly.
In Wakulla County, Officers T. Nelson and Hartzog were patrolling on Ochlockonee River and observed a single occupied vessel with gear on board consistent with fishing. The officers conducted a resource inspection and observed the subject possessed over the daily bag limit of largemouth bass and possessed multiple fish over the allowed size limit. The subject had multiple previous violations for the same violations and was cited accordingly.
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.