Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Red snapper seized off Texas by Coast Guard. Photo: U.S. Coast Guard The U.S. Coast Guard this week seized a fishing boat with 200 ...

U.S. Coast Guard members from Station South Padre Island, Texas, stop Mexican nationals aboard a lancha after crews in Coast Guard aircraft spotted them fishing in U.S. territorial waters May 1, 2015.

Ten Republican senators have urged the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to target illegal fishing in U.S. waters, which they say undermines American fishers and funds Mexican ...

The US Department of the Treasury has identified members of Mexico's Gulf Cartel as key players in illegal fishing operations targeting red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico. The fish, abundant in US ...

Four Mexican fishermen have pleaded guilty to illegally harvesting approximately 693 pounds of red snapper and four sharks in the US Gulf of Mexico, according to a news release from the US Attorney's ...

Nov. 26 (UPI) --The United States on Tuesday sanctioned members of a Mexican drug cartel over the illegal fishing of red snapper and shark species in U.S. waters. The sanctions target members of the ...

"American fishing vessels are very invested in making sure that the stock is well-preserved," said Coast Guard Cdr. Michelle Foster. "They pay taxes, they do everything to maintain this fishery.

I would like to thank Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Charlie Melancon for withdrawing the department’s support of a bill that proposes to transfer ...