The Coast Guard terminated an illegal charter of the 63-foot yacht, Hello0000 near Miami Beach Marina. A Coast Guard Station Miami Beach 33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement team conducted a boarding of the vessel with 11 people aboard: nine were passengers for hire, including two children, and two crew members operating as an illegal passenger-for-hire vessel.
Elsewhere, the Coast Guard terminated an illegal charter of the 51-foot vessel, Diamond D, near Palm Beach. A Coast Guard Station Lake Worth Inlet 33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement team conducted a boarding of the vessel with 14 people aboard: 12 were passengers for hire and two crew members operating as an illegal small passenger vessel.
Owners and operators of illegal passenger vessels can face maximum civil penalties of: $60,000.