- Carnival banned at least two passengers from sailing with them for life, per a Nexstar report.
- The passengers were seen reeling in fish from the ocean in a TikTok video.
Carnival has banned at least two passengers from taking its cruises for life after they were caught fishing on board, reported news wire Nexstar on Wednesday.
According to the report, Carnival confirmed to Nexstar that the cruise line barred the passengers, following a TikTok video showing the passengers fishing from their room's balcony.
"Fishing from our ships is prohibited," a representative told Nexstar in an email, adding that Carnival has identified the passengers. Carnival did not elaborate on when the incident took place or confirm which cruise it occurred in.
The TikTok video, which has been deleted, showed one passenger reeling in a black-spotted green-colored fish over their room's balcony from the ocean. A man can be seen untangling the fish and placing it on the balcony's floor.
Several TikTok accounts have since uploaded copies of the video on the platform.
The video appeared to show the cruise ship docked at a port. According to a report by cruise news site Cruise Hive, the ship was docked in Nassau, Bahamas.
In the Bahamas, non-residents are required to obtain fishing permits. On Carnival cruises, passengers can fish without permits during fishing excursions approved and organized by the cruise line and local authorities.
@alexthecruiser This is awful, and breaking major rules. #carnival #carnivalcruise #fish #fishing #bahamas #fishinglife #fishingtiktoks ♬ original sound - Alex the Cruiser
Some users on TikTok expressed their outrage over the passengers' rule-breaking behavior.
"If you look closely, you can see that he has a blue room key, which means it's his first time on a cruise and hopefully it's their last cruise," one user said in a TikTok post, referring to the key card one passenger was wearing in the video.
Another TikTok user agreed, writing that the passengers "have lost their freaking minds."
It's not the first time that Carnival has banned passengers from sailing on their cruises. In 2019, Carnival banned several passengers after they caused "extensive damage" to an elevator, a company representative told USA Today. The passengers were stuck in the elevator for some 30 minutes.
Carnival did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.