Trump pardons divers convicted after shark releaseUS President Donald Trump has made a gesture of support for the ocean environment by issuing a presidential pardon to two Florida shark divers who were convicted of theft after releasing a fisherman’s longline catches in 2020. The pardon has erased the men’s criminal records in a case that their lawyers had argued was “government over-reach”. Captain Moore was an underwater photographer, freediver and former commercial fisherman, while Mansell described himself as a professional shark-diver and cinematographer. I can’t help but feel extremely grateful.”Pardoned: Shark diver Tanner MansellOrange buoyThe divers had been heading for their second dive-site of the day off Jupiter Inlet when they passed an orange buoy. Three-day deliberationsThe prosecution had argued that the divers were aware that the line was legal but had sabotaged it to preserve shark populations for their own commercial interests.