Circuit Judge Jackie Fulford listens as net fisherman Ronald Fred Crum testifies during a hearing about mullet fishing nets at the Leon County Courthouse on Oct. 30, 2013. Photo by Bruce Ritchie.
Circuit Judge Jackie Fulford on Wednesday granted a motion by mullet fishermen to lift a stay of her order last week in which she said state net fishing laws were being unfairly enforced.
An attorney representing the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission told the judge that taking such action "will unleash a war of epic proportions" on the state's mullet fishery.
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