Coast Guard Seizes Mexican Fishing Boat
March 13, 2007 @ 11:40 AM (EST)
Source: Signonsandiego.com
The U.S. Coast Guard seized a Mexican fishing boat carrying tons of shark and an undisclosed number of shark fins after the vessel was spotted Sunday allegedly poaching 11 miles inside U.S. territorial waters.
Six of the crew members, all Mexican citizens, were detained and questioned - but not arrested - after the longline fishing boat was escorted Monday to the U.S. Coast Guard headquarters in San Diego Harbor...
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