Key West Express has agreed to pay $2.2 million for damages from the grounding of the Big Cat Express in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary four years ago.
The amount was based on the cost of restoring the injured turtle grass and other seagrass, invertebrates, sponges and several fish species, according to the proposed consent decree filed last week in federal court.
The 137’x34’x13’ catamaran that runs between southwest Florida and Key West ran aground at the south entrance to Lakes...