The department says the cartel uses fishing boats to facilitate drug and migrant smuggling; along the way, the boats catch tons of red snapper, a commercially valuable but vulnerable species. The ...
on the Gulf coast. “The Gulf Cartel engages in the illicit trade of red snapper and shark species through ‘lancha’ operations based out of Playa Bagdad,” the department said.
Later, he visits a Coast Guard impound yard to inspect ... "At one point red snapper season was three days in the Gulf of Mexico," Banks said. "More fish were leaving to Mexico than were being ...
I was fortunate enough to be able to join Tom Howard aboard his 32-foot Andros as we ventured west into the Gulf of Mexico. With red snapper season active through the end of the year for weekends ...