Tag: U.S. Coast Guard

Boat crews with Coast Guard Station South Padre Island and air crews with Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi have been busy in April.

The Coast Guard on Tuesday rescued migrant children after a potential smuggler deflated a raft before swimming back to Mexico, according to a news release.

For the third time in April, the Coast Guard has announced seizing illegally caught red snapper from Mexican fishermen off of South Padre Island, bringing the total amount of illegally caught fish to 1,300 pounds.

Following a nearly 20 hour search, the Coast Guard on Tuesday suspended its efforts to find a 19-year-old man who was swept out to sea near Port Mansfield.

The Coast Guard seized two lanchas and over 400 pounds of illegally caught fish Tuesday after they discovered a group of Mexican fishermen north of the Maritime Boundary Line.

The Coast Guard last week seized approximately 400 pounds of illegally caught red snapper from four Mexican fishermen.

The U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations alongside the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Wardens seized about 1,250 pounds of illegally caught red snapper from Mexican fishermen on March 5.

PORT MANSFIELD — Ron Mills, general manager of the Willacy County Navigation District, responded to some of the allegations made by a group of Port Mansfield residents who say the lifestyle of the idyllic fishing village they call home will be ruined by development of a shipping container port.

The U.S. Coast Guard Station South Padre Island detained Mexican fishermen who illegally caught nearly 200 pounds of red snapper on Saturday, according to a press release.

The Coast Guard rescued a distressed 80-year-old man kite surfing near the Laguna Vista RV Park last Thursday.