Two South Florida shark divers convicted of theft for freeing 19 sharks and a giant grouper from a fisherman’s longline have been pardoned by President Donald Trump.

Pardons for Tanner Mansell and John Moore Jr. were signed last week.

They had been convicted of the felony charges in 2022 but avoided prison time.

Court records show that Moore and Mansell spotted the longline off the Jupiter Inlet in August 2020.

Believing it was an illegal fishing line, the men freed the fish, reported it to state wildlife officials and brought the line back to shore.

Federal prosecutors later charged the men with theft. Officials say the line actually belonged to a fisherman licensed to catch sharks for research.