The tourist was imprisoned for the export of shells from the beach
A Texas tourist who gathered 40 living seashells from Key West, Florida, will spend 15 days in jail and pay a fine with legal fees.
Photo: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
A Florida judge also sentenced Diana Fiscal-González of Dallas to a six-month trial period and a fine of $ 500 dollars and 268 dollars for legal fees.
Fiscal-Gonzalez, who pleaded guilty, said she did not know that taking shells from the beach was illegal.
In Florida, the collection of empty shells is allowed, but in those that the defendant had gathered, there were mollusks inside, which is illegal. In addition, it is forbidden to kill, maim or remove live mollusk from the shell.
The officer arrested Fiscal-Gonzalez 13 on July 2017 of the year after an anonymous tip.
Officer John Martino reported that he saw three containers full of living shells when he met Fiscal-Gonzalez.
Rapans, also called living shells with mollusks, are an important part of the Florida Keys culture. Empty shells, which create a unique sound when air enters them, have been used as signaling devices on the Florida Keys for centuries.
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