2 arrested for illegal fishing

Florida Fish and Wildlife law enforcement agents arrested two men for allegedly using a gill net in state waters.

The state agents maintain that Kyle Barnes, 26, of Cortez, and Damian Parker, 30, of West Union, S.C., were fishing about 200 yards northwest of Tidy Island.

The report said Barnes and Parker did not have commercial fishing licenses but were in possession of commercial quantities of fish.

Parker also faces an obstructing an officer charge.

Both men were taken to the Manatee County jail.