Coast Guard to Strengthen Enforcement Against Mexican Red Snapper Poachers
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [E&E News] by Nathanial Gronewold - March 1, 2018
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas — A small but swift U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat bounced violently over the choppy Gulf of Mexico last week, becoming airborne more than once before the chief ordered the pilot to slow down.
Five-foot waves and constant swell are typical February conditions at the U.S.-Mexico maritime boundary — even pleasant compared to other days the armed and ready crew members search for Mexican fishermen poaching in U.S. waters ...
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