Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2019, commercial fisherman Eric Schmidt caught a tagged red snapper off Ft. Myers. When he reported the catch, a 38-inch fish ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oct. 16 (UPI) --NOAA said Wednesday $2 million provided by the Inflation Reduction Act is being awarded to fisheries partnerships for data collection and modeling to help understand and mitigate ...

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 ...

Ten Republican senators have urged the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to target illegal fishing in U.S. waters, which they say undermines American fishers and funds Mexican ...

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 ...