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Coast Guard seizes 3k pounds of shark, snapper from Mexican fishing boats in the Gulf

January 10, 2016   Gulf of Mexico

The Coast Guard seized 3,249 pounds of illegal catch from three Mexican fishing boats poaching in waters off South Padre Island early Friday morning. At approximately 12:50 a.m., Coast Guard boat crews sighted three Mexican fishing boats, two about 35 miles north of the maritime boundary line and one off the South Padre Island jetties. The lanchas/boats were stopped and the confiscated catch totaled 44 sharks and 99 red snapper. Two of the lanchas had four Mexican Nationals on each boat and the other had three. Read the rest here 14:19

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Red tide causes large fish kill in northeast Gulf of Mexico

July 27, 2014   Gulf of Mexico

Citizens have reported observations of thousands of dead and dying bottom-dwelling reef fish, including grouper, hogfish, white grunt, triggerfish and snapper, as well as sea turtles and crabs, Read more here 00:44

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