April 9, 2024
Coast Guard seizes 400 pounds of red snapper off from Texas
Four Mexican fishermen were caught with 400 pounds of illegally harvested red snapper in a 45-foot lancha, 15 miles off from South Padre Island. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard photo, Station South Padre Island
Almost a month after 19 fishermen from Mexico were caught with over 1250 pounds of red snapper and detained by federal officials, the U.S. Coast Guard seized approximately 400 pounds of illegally caught red snapper from four Mexican fishermen on April 4.
In the Coast Guard news release, they stated that a crew of a boat from South Padre Island and air crews from Corpus Christi stopped the men fishing aboard a low-profile 45’ motorboat called a lancha, just 15 miles north of the Maritime…
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