An autonomous monitoring transponder of the type used in the Coordinated Canyon Experiment.
All Daniel Sherer has ever wanted was for the government to pay him for a few days of lost work as a commercial fisherman after a scientific buoy suddenly popped into the path of his fishing boat in Monterey Bay on Saturday, January 15, 2016. As he tells it, his aim isn't to bilk the United States; he simply wants to be paid a fair amount for his lost earnings after the buoy took his boat out of commission. "I don't need a million dollars—I just want to be compensated for my days lost," he told Ars. "I want to be compensated for a diver going under the boat, I want to be compensated for cleaning the whole thing up, that's it."
As Ars reported on Monday, Sherer is the first named defendant in a lawsuit filed last week by federal prosecutors in California. The way the government sees it, Sherer and his fishing business partner are essentially hostage-takers, as they recovered a loose United States Geological Survey buoy, claimed ownership of it, and now demand $13,000 for its return.
Department of Justice lawyers have still not responded to Ars' request for comment.
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