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 Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.

“The defendant’s selfish acts are more than illegally poisoning and shooting protected animals – they are serious crimes against public resources, threats to the local ecosystem, and a devastating harm to a highly intelligent and charismatic species," Michelle Spaven, the acting United States Attorney for the

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