Coast Guard detains 8 Mexican fishermen, seizes 150 pounds of illegally poached fish off Texas coast
Coast Guard Station South Padre Island boat crews, in coordination with Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi watch standers, and Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi aircrews, located and stopped a total of 8 Mexican fishermen engaged in illegal fishing north of the Maritime Boundary Line, Friday. Coast Guard crews took the men into custody, brought them ashore, and transferred them to U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for further processing, while also seizing approximately 150 pounds of red snapper, fishing gear, and equipment; both lanchas were seized.