National Fisherman

Snapper

Photo courtesy of Florida Sea Grant / NOAA Fisheries

The Gulf’s red snapper decline is real

A boat crew from the Coast Guard cutter Jacob Poroo hands life jackets to Mexican fishermen aboard a lancha during a boarding for illegal fishing off southern Texas in December 2023. Coast Guard photo.

Inspector general says Coast Guard misses illegal fishing in US waters

Kirk Moore

A sandbar shark takes a bite out of a red snapper, seen from the NOAA research ship Oregon II. NOAA Teacher at Sea program photo..

Florida congressmen seek EEZ ban on shark feeding

NF Staff

A lancha crew were among 13 Mexican fishermen engaged in illegal fishing off southern Texas June 13, according to the Coast Guard. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard detains 13 Mexican fishermen off south Texas

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A boat crew from Coast Guard Station South Padre Island approaches a lancha with four Mexican fishermen aboard approximately 12 miles north of the Maritime Boundary Line off the Texas coast, April 16, 2024. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Mexican fishermen face federal prison time for fishing in US waters

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Photo courtesy of Florida Sea Grant / NOAA Fisheries

Final rule for Amendment 59 sets stricter red snapper limits

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By the 1980s, NOAA Fisheries gear specialists had developed a cost-effective turtle excluder device for trawl nets. Photo by NOAA Fisheries

Observer programs push for eyes on Gulf fisheries

Carli Stewart

Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle interdict a Mexican lancha offshore the southern Texas coast, May 22, 2025. Coast Guard photo by Edward Wargo

Coast Guard detains 4 for fishing illegally off Texas coast

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A Coast Guard law enforcement crew surveys a Mexican lancha offshore the southern Texas coast, May 13, 2025. The Coast Guard interdicted four Mexican fishermen engaged in alleged illegal fishing north of the Maritime Boundary Line in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard nabs 450 pounds of illegal catch off Texas

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At dawn, Luis Escamilla and Diego de Leon don trash bags as rain gear and start hauling the net. They bring it aboard quickly, leaving the fish enmeshed in the web, and head for home. All photos by Paul Molyneaux

Putting the art into artisanal fishing

Paul Molyneaux

Undated lancha boarding from USCG. Photo by the Coast Guard

Coast Guard seizes 2,500 lbs of fish, detains 16 off Texas

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