Boating News
Boat-dock laws to be examined
By JEFF CULL, [email protected]
Manatee deaths in Cape, other areas to be watched over next three months
Cape Coral got a step closer to ending a boat-dock building moratorium Thursday when a federal agency agreed to review some of its rulings.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service officials said in a teleconference meeting with Cape Coral, Lee County and elected officials that it will review the criteria it used to create an �area of inadequate protection,� which is the zone that U.S. Fish denies dock permits.
That area includes most of Cape Coral�s saltwater canals, much of the Caloosahatchee River, Ten Mile and Mullock creeks and parts of Matlacha Pass and Pine Island Sound.
The review includes monitoring manatee mortality for the next three months.
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