The three men, caught fishing north of the Maritime Boundary Line, were turned over to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

In honor of World Turtle Day, here are 10 things you might not have known about snapping turtles. Elementary school students voted to appoint Chelydra serpentina in a 2006 statewide election.

U.S. Coast Guard detained three fishermen for illegally catching 200 pounds of red snapper off Texas; seized fish to aid research and turtle rehabilitation.

The United States Coast Guard seized 200 pounds of fish that officials allege was caught illegally off the Texas Coast.

The 200 pounds of red snapper was donated to the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M ...

to feed turtles under rehabilitation. This article originally appeared on For The Win: Poachers from Mexico busted with illegal red snapper haul off Texas ...

October actually, Minnesota turtles are supposed to be hunkered down at the bottom of a lake or pond. Typically, they’re blanketed in mud. This hibernation-like state is called ...

The U.S. Coast Guard captured a lancha crew in the Gulf of Mexico with 200 pounds of fish illegally harvested in U.S. federal waters.

resulting in the seizure of 200 pounds of illegally caught red snapper. The fishermen from Mexico were found operating north of the Maritime Boundary Line. During the operation, Coast Guard ...