Tag: illegal fishing

Coast Guard rescues poachers

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Special to the PRESS February 12, 2015 Four Mexican nationals fishing illegally in the Gulf of Mexico were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after their boat began sinking. The incident happened Saturday night at about 8 p.m. approximately 30 miles off the South Padre Island coast north of the U.S-Mexico maritime border in what …

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Wardens seize shark boat

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Special to the PRESS February 12, 2015 Texas game wardens have seized a Mexican shark-fishing boat in state waters near the Texas-Mexico border. Wardens were patrolling the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday for illegal fishing activity when they spotted a Mexican fishing boat moving northbound in Texas waters. When the wardens, who were operating a 29-foot …

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