It's the hidden U.S.-Mexico border war. For years, Mexican fisherman have crossed into U.S. waters to illegally catch high-priced red snapper. It has become a multimillion-dollar black market, a ...

Backers of red snapper legislation advancing in the United States Senate say it could protect the United States market from illegal Mexican fishing – though its approach relies on technology that has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NOAA said Wednesday $2 million provided by the Inflation Reduction Act is being awarded to fisheries partnerships for data ...

Get your prized fishing rods ready. It's almost red snapper season! Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the record 103-day 2024 Gulf Red Snapper recreational season, breaking last year's record of 87 days. “I ...

U.S. federal lawmakers also have funded an independent Great Red Snapper Count (GRSC) to produce an alternative assessment of the stock to NOAA Fisheries’ official assessment, and they’ve attempted to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 2019, commercial fisherman Eric Schmidt caught a tagged red snapper off Ft. Myers. When he reported the catch, a 38-inch fish landed in 287 feet of water, the Jacksonville office was shocked at ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Exciting news for Coastal Bend anglers was announced Wednesday night-- red snapper fishing season will reopen on Monday! Specifically, the 2024 Gulf of Mexico red snapper ...

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 ...

The U.S. Coast Guard this week seized a fishing boat with 200 pounds of red snapper caught illegally by Mexican fishermen in federal waters off southern Texas. The agency explained in a news release ...