Protecting Florida's Marine Life with Conservation Drones

Authors

Daniel Grammes

First Page

242

Document Type

Comment

Abstract

This comment analyzes drones under current Fourth Amendment jurisprudence and focuses on the issues contributing to unsustainable fisheries in Florida. Part II explains the basic concept of drones and discusses privacy issues through the Fourth Amendment as well as Florida marine patrol statutes that are relevant to an analysis of drone technology. Part III highlights that Florida's fisheries are at an unsustainable level because there are not enough Florida marine patrol officers and the simplicity of disposing illegally harvested wildlife into the ocean. Part IV suggests that Florida adopt legislation authorizing a drone enforcement program for marine patrol. Part V summarizes the various concerns of a marine enforcement drone program and exemplifies the issues that have led to the overfishing problem in Florida.

Recommended Citation

Daniel Grammes, Protecting Florida's Marine Life with Conservation Drones, 30 St. Thomas L. Rev. 242 (2018).
Available at: https://scholarship.stu.edu/stlr/vol30/iss2/5