Coast Guard saves 50 sharks caught illegally off South Padre Island, Texas
A Coast Guard Station South Padre Island, Texas, boat crew frees a shark from illegal gill net Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard freed 50 living sharks and two tripletail Tuesday, from illegal longline gear and gill net that was found about 400 yards offshore, near South Padre Island. Five dead sharks were also caught in the illegal fishing gear.
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Coast Guard seizes 4 miles of illegal gill net off South Padre Island, Texas
A Station South Padre Island 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew seizes illegal gill net, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015 near the U.S. and Mexico border. Coast Guard photo.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard seized 4 miles of illegal gill net about 1,000 yards off South Padre Island, Sunday.
At 11:49 p.m., a good Samaritan on Boca Chica Beach called watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi...
