Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Waters, of West
Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Waters, of West Hills, Calif., assisted by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kylie Stroot, of Jacksonville, Fla., students at the Coast Guard’s North Pacific Regional Fisheries Trainin... More
A boading crew from Coast Guard Station Menemsha prepares
A boading crew from Coast Guard Station Menemsha prepares to board the fishing boat Gemma, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. The crew inspected the vessel to ensure it had the proper permits to fish, safety and fishing ge... More
A Coast Guard Cutter Midgett small boat crew manuevers
A Coast Guard Cutter Midgett small boat crew manuevers around the fishing vessel Svetlana M while the cutter's boarding team conducts a living marine resources boarding during a LMR patrol in the Pacific Ocean,... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Martin and Ensign Brandi
Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Martin and Ensign Brandi Belveal practice measuring openings for Turtle Excluder Devices on fishing nets as part of a course at the Coast Guard’s Gulf Regional Fisheries Training ... More
Lt. Steven Hulse, of Moriches, N.Y., commanding officer
Lt. Steven Hulse, of Moriches, N.Y., commanding officer of the Coast Guard’s North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center, assisted by his executive officer, Lt. Richard Russell, of Boston, congratulates a ... More
Astoria-based Coast Guard Cutter returns home following 60-day living ...
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC-630), a 51-year-old cutter homeported in Astoria, Oregon, work aboard the vessel EILEEN while underway for a living marine resources patrol that began in late... More
A Coast Guard Cutter Midgett small boat is lowered
A Coast Guard Cutter Midgett small boat is lowered down to the water loaded with a maritime enforcement boarding team to conduct a living marine resources boarding during a LMR patrol in the Pacific Ocean, Oct.... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Young from Coast Guard
Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Young from Coast Guard Station Castle Hill from looks up from checking the lazaret for water on Mar. 24, 2017. While underway in Potter's Cove, Rhode Island, the boat crew ran dr... More
Five aquariums and wildlife recovery facilities including
Five aquariums and wildlife recovery facilities including Sea World, offloaded 35 endangered sea turtles from a Coast Guard C-130J in Orlando, Fla., that originated from Cape Cod, Mass., Dec. 7, 2012. A record ... More
A Coast Guard Cutter Active boarding team returns to
A Coast Guard Cutter Active boarding team returns to the cutter after conducting law enforcement boardings of several fishing vessels on Heceta’s Bank off the Oregon coast, Aug. 26, 2018. The Coast Guard’s miss... More
A whale reportedly entangled in fishing gear about
A whale reportedly entangled in fishing gear about 600 yards offshore from Harvey Cedars, N.J., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, is assessed by a boat crew from Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light. The Coast Guard is w... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Jorge Alonzo, of Guatemala
Petty Officer 1st Class Jorge Alonzo, of Guatemala City, points out a specific fish species to Petty Officer 1st Class Brent Butler, of Grove City, Pa., at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, June 12, 2014. ... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan Johnson, of Cascade, Ida.,
Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan Johnson, of Cascade, Ida., an instructor at the Coast Guard’s North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center, identifies subtle differences between various fish species found in t... More
Coast Guard Stewardship of Living Marine Resources
A mature female humpback whale breaches off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, July 4, 2016. The whale was viewed by spectators aboard a whale watch boat and a Coast Guard Auxiliarist Marine Mammal Observat... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Waters, of West
Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Waters, of West Hills, Calif., checks the expiration date on an emergency life raft, as part of a simulated fisheries boarding conducted at the Coast Guard’s North Pacific Re... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Vuylsteke (r.), of Dundee,
Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Vuylsteke (r.), of Dundee, Ore., and fellow boarding team member, Petty Officer 1st Class Kristofor Heilman, of Craig, Colo., review a fishing vessel’s legal documentation during ... More
Lt. Cmdr. Gregg Casad, a member of the Coast Guard
Lt. Cmdr. Gregg Casad, a member of the Coast Guard 13th District enforcement branch, delivers a presentation about Pacific fisheries enforcement to members of the international media at Coast Guard Base Seattle... More
Coast Guard crew conducts surveillance flight to preserve marine resou...
Lt. Allison Majcher pilots an HC-130 Hercules aircraft, the Coast Guard’s largest aerial asset, during a fisheries surveillance flight of the Pacific Northwest, Sept. 30, 2015. During the flight, the crew ident... More
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, a 378-foot
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, a 378-foot High Endurance Cutter homeported in Seattle, conducts a living marine resources patrol off the coasts of Washington and Oregon, Oct. 18, 2015. The patrol serve... More
Coast Guard Cutter Active crewmembers conduct flight
Coast Guard Cutter Active crewmembers conduct flight operations with an aircrew aboard a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter as the cutter transits through the Strait of Juan de Fuca, August 24, 2018. Active crewmembers c... More
A crewmember from the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant releases
A crewmember from the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant releases a sea turtle after disentangling it from a mass of fishing line in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, April 23, 2017. After spotting an unusual debris field, th... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas Sayman, of Columbus,
Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas Sayman, of Columbus, Ohio, demonstrates how to put on a cold-water immersion suit, or “Gumby suit,” quickly and accurately, under the supervision of Petty Officer 1st Class Charle... More
Week in the Life 2015, Wednesday: Hercules LMR flight over D13
Lt. Cmdr. Todd Boze peers out of a window of an HC-130 Hercules aircraft during a fisheries surveillance flight of the Pacific Northwest, Sept. 30, 2015. During the flight, the crew identified and documented 32... More
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Sturgeon recovers
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Sturgeon recovers 5 miles of illegal longline fishing gear and over 30 sharks and 20 red snapper Jan. 9, 2020, along the US/Mexico Maritime Boundary Line. This illegal fishing... More
A threatened loggerhead sea turtle is safely nestled
A threatened loggerhead sea turtle is safely nestled in a makeshift container aboard a Coast Guard C-130J bound for recovery facilities in Orlando, Fla., Dec. 7, 2012. A record number of turtle Òcold strandings... More
Students at the Coast Guard’s Gulf Regional Fisheries
Students at the Coast Guard’s Gulf Regional Fisheries Training Center practice measuring openings in Turtle Excluder Devices on fishing nets as part of a course that prepares them to enforce fisheries laws in t... More
A Coast Guard Cutter Midgett small boat crew manuevers
A Coast Guard Cutter Midgett small boat crew manuevers around the fishing vessel Svetlana M while the cutter's boarding team conducts a living marine resources boarding during a LMR patrol in the Pacific Ocean,... More
Week in the Life 2015, Wednesday: Hercules LMR flight over D13
Petty Officer 3rd Class Shannon Fieste, an aviation maintenance technician assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento, consults a manual while working on an HC-130 Hercules aircraft during a fisheries surve... More
An entangled loggerhead sea turtle is recovered by
An entangled loggerhead sea turtle is recovered by a Coast Guard 24-foot Special Purpose Craft crew from Station Oregon near the Bonner Bridge, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014. The crew brought a National Park Service ag... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Dicey McKay, of Dolores, Colo.,
Petty Officer 1st Class Dicey McKay, of Dolores, Colo., an instructor at the Coast Guard’s North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center, checks expiration dates for various types of signaling devices requir... More
Coast Guard Cutter Sitkinak conducts fisheries boarding
The Coast Guard Cutter Sitkinak small boat approaches fishing vessel Miss Scarlett, a stern trawler targeting multi species, Wednesday, July 6, 2016 south of Long Island, N.Y.
Crew members from Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus
Crew members from Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi’s Incident Management Division attend Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Training Feb. 27, 2020. The Coast Guard members applied practical methods to a... More
The Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, a 378-foot high-endurance
The Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, a 378-foot high-endurance cutter homeported in Seattle, transits the Strait of Juan de Fuca enroute to Seattle, Oct. 13, 2015. The Midgett was returning to port after conducting ... More
The Coast Guard discovers allegedly illegally-retained
The Coast Guard discovers allegedly illegally-retained halibut aboard vessel Currency about 12 miles west of Cape Barnabas, Alaska, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. A boarding team from Cutter Chandeleur discovered a to... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Sherman Baldwin, a member of
Petty Officer 1st Class Sherman Baldwin, a member of Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light inspects the catch aboard a commercial fishing boat off the coast of Barnegat Light New Jersey, Nov. 7, 2018. Coast Guard ... More
Students attending the Coast Guard’s Gulf Regional
Students attending the Coast Guard’s Gulf Regional Fisheries Training Center practice identifying sport fish in the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas’ 400,000-gallon Gulf of Mexico tank, June 12, 2014. The trai... More
A Coast Guard 24-foot Special Purpose Craft crew from
A Coast Guard 24-foot Special Purpose Craft crew from Station Oregon Inlet, North Carolina prepares to release a loggerhead sea turtle near the Bonner Bridge, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014. The crew brought a National ... More
A Coast Guard Cutter Stratton crewmember learns how
A Coast Guard Cutter Stratton crewmember learns how to identify Alaskan fish species while attending the North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center's Living Marine Resources Enforcement course in Kodiak, ... More
A Coast Guard 24-foot Special Purpose Craft crew from
A Coast Guard 24-foot Special Purpose Craft crew from Station Oregon Inlet, North Carolina releases a loggerhead sea turtle near the Bonner Bridge, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014. The crew brought a National Park Servic... More
Five aquariums and wildlife recovery facilities including
Five aquariums and wildlife recovery facilities including Sea World, offloaded 35 endangered sea turtles from a Coast Guard C-130J in Orlando, Fla., that originated from Cape Cod, Mass., Dec. 7, 2012. A record ... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Bo Zhang (third from left)
Petty Officer 3rd Class Bo Zhang (third from left) practices measuring the opening for a Turtle Excluder Device on a fishing net as part of a course at the Coast Guard’s Gulf Regional Fisheries Training Center ... More
Petty Officer 3rd Classs Brody Schilling prepares the
Petty Officer 3rd Classs Brody Schilling prepares the forward line to cast off from the pier, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. A boatcrew from Station Menemsha on Martha's Vineyard patrolled their area of responsibility ... More
A Coast Guard Cutter Midgett small boat is lowered
A Coast Guard Cutter Midgett small boat is lowered down to the water loaded with a maritime enforcement boarding team to conduct a living marine resources boarding during a LMR patrol in the Pacific Ocean, Oct.... More
Coast Guard Cutter Valiant crewmembers release an olive
Coast Guard Cutter Valiant crewmembers release an olive ridley sea turtle after disentangling it from a mass of fishing gear and garbage in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, April 23, 2017. After freeing the sea turt... More
A Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton boat crew rescues an
A Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton boat crew rescues an olive ridley sea turtle from abandoned fishing nets and line July 10, 2018, in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The boat crew cut the turtle free and removed the deb... More
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Edisto transits near Catalina
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Edisto transits near Catalina Island after Coast Guard members and a team from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center aboard worked together to release a California sea lion, Aug. 24, 2012. Th... More
A sea tangle swims entangled in a mass of fishing gear
A sea tangle swims entangled in a mass of fishing gear and garbage before the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Valiant free it while on a routine patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, April 23, 2017. While underway, c... More
A sea turtle is entangled in a mass of fishing gear
A sea turtle is entangled in a mass of fishing gear and garbage in the Eastern Pacific Ocean before being released by the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Valiant, April 23, 2017. The crew freed one baby and three ad... More
A Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton boat crew rescues an
A Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton boat crew rescues an olive ridley sea turtle from abandoned fishing nets and line July 10, 2018, in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The boat crew cut the turtle free and removed the deb... More
A wide variety of marine life can be seen in the Audubon
A wide variety of marine life can be seen in the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas’ 400,000-gallon Gulf of Mexico tank, June 12, 2014. Students attending the Coast Guard’s Gulf Regional Fisheries Training Cente... More
A school of carefully-labeled fish adorns the wall
A school of carefully-labeled fish adorns the wall at the Coast Guard’s Gulf Regional Fisheries Training Center, where students enhance their ability to enforce fisheries laws in the Gulf of Mexico, June 12, 20... More
Raymer and Elliott PIE - coin, public domain photograph
KODIAK, Alaska - Abbey Raymer, 9, and Madalyn Elliott, 9, hold their award certificates from Coast Guard Headquarters denoting their participation and high ranking in the Coast Guard's 2011 Partnership in Educa... More
A boarding team from Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, a
A boarding team from Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, a 378-foot High Endurance Cutter homeported in Seattle, inspects the fishing vessel Bambi during a patrol off the coasts of Washington and Oregon, Oct. 18, 2015.... More
Coast Guard interdicts lancha crew illegally fishing US waters
Coast Guard law enforcement crews count the catch of two Mexican lancha boat crews illegally fishing in federal waters off southern Texas at Station South Padre Island in South Padre Island, Texas. A total of 4... More
Coast Guard interdicts lancha, recovers illegal fishing gear in US wat...
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Chinook recover fish caught illegally in long lines in federal waters off southern Texas, Dec. 24, 2019. A total of 630 lbs of red snapper and shark was caught in the long lin... More
Students attending the Coast Guard’s Gulf Regional
Students attending the Coast Guard’s Gulf Regional Fisheries Training Center practice identifying sport fish in the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas’ 400,000-gallon Gulf of Mexico tank, June 12, 2014. The trai... More
An endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle is safely nestled
An endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle is safely nestled in a makeshift fruit box aboard a Coast Guard C-130J bound for wildlife recovery facilities in Orlando, Fla., Dec. 7, 2012. A record number of turtle Òco... More
A maritime enforcement boarding team, from the Coast
A maritime enforcement boarding team, from the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett a 378-foot high-endurance cutter, climbs aboard the fishing vessel Svetlana M to conduct a living marine resources boarding during a LMR... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathaniel Cassar, of Lexington,
Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathaniel Cassar, of Lexington, N.C., measures a rigid tunnel opening on a fish pot panel, to verify the size of the opening meets federal regulations, allowing undersized or juvenile ma... More
The nose of an Elizabeth City, N.C.- based C-130J is
The nose of an Elizabeth City, N.C.- based C-130J is framed against a sunny sky soon after landing in Orlando, Fla., to deliver 35 endangered sea turtles to five wildlife recovery centers and aquariums in the S... More
New England Aquarium volunteers and Coast Guard crew
New England Aquarium volunteers and Coast Guard crew load up a Coast Guard C-130J in Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., with endangered sea turtles bound for recovery facilities in Orlando, Fla., Dec. 7, ... More
Endangered sea turtles 'fly' south to the Sunshine State
New England Aquarium volunteers and Coast Guard crew load up a Coast Guard C-130J in Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., with endangered sea turtles bound for wildlife recovery facilities in Orlando, Fla.,... More
Coast Guard Station Castle Hill's boat house in Newport,
Coast Guard Station Castle Hill's boat house in Newport, Rhode Island on Friday, Mar. 24, 2017. Station Castle Hill is a multi-mission station which conducts Search and Rescue, Ports Waterways and Coastal Secur... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Aaron Quade (left) and Seaman
Petty Officer 2nd Class Aaron Quade (left) and Seaman Tate Laporte (right) gear up Sat., Dec. 12, 2016, on the flight deck of Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba. They are part of the small boat crew going underway to ... More
Approximately 35 endangered sea turtles (20 Kemp's
Approximately 35 endangered sea turtles (20 Kemp's Ridley and 15 Loggerhead) fill the cargo hold of a Coast Guard C-130J bound for wildlife recovery facilities in Orlando, Fla., Dec. 7, 2012. A record number of... More
Active crewmembers conduct helicopter operations daily
Active crewmembers conduct helicopter operations daily to improve the crew and pilots’ proficiency and experience during a counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Sep. 1, 2018. As the sun sets, member... More
The Station Menemsha boarding team safely assists Petty
The Station Menemsha boarding team safely assists Petty Officer Broady Schilling onto the fishing boat Gemma, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. The fishing boat was in compliance with all safety and fishing regulations. (... More
Chief Petty Officer Bryan Wallace and Auxiliarist Dave
Chief Petty Officer Bryan Wallace and Auxiliarist Dave Casey step over onto the second boat with the dewatering pump container while underway in Potter's Cove, Rhode Island on Friday, Mar. 24, 2017. Coast Guard... More
Seaman David Galan and Petty Officer 3rd Class Broady
Seaman David Galan and Petty Officer 3rd Class Broady Schilling inspect the fishing nets on the Gemma, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. The Coast Guard inspected the vessel to ensure they were in compliance with all safe... More
The sun sets on Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma while under
The sun sets on Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma while under way in New England waters on Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. The Tahoma's mission in the First Coast Guard District is ensuring the sustainability of New England fis... More
Airman James Coleman, of Las Cruces, N.M. (r.), and
Airman James Coleman, of Las Cruces, N.M. (r.), and Petty Officer 3rd Class Haran Ellis, of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., attempt to identify one of the fish species found and caught in Alaskan waters, while Petty O... More
A maritime enforcement boarding team, from the Coast
A maritime enforcement boarding team, from the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett a 378-foot high-endurance cutter, conducts a living marine resources boarding on the fishing vessel Svetlana M, during a LMR patrol in t... More
Bitangana COMMSTA PIE art award
KODIAK, Alaska - Deborah Bitanga of Kodiak shakes the hand of Master Chief Petty Officer Troy Lowdermilk at a assembly at Kodiak High School after receiving several awards from Coast Guard Headquarters for her ... More
Sea lion release - U.S. Coast guard photo
CATALINA ISLAND, Calif. -- A California sea lion named Franklin swims in the ocean near Catalina Island after U.S. Coast Guard members and a team from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center released him from aboard C... More
Coast Guard Cutter Stratton crewmembers learn maritime
Coast Guard Cutter Stratton crewmembers learn maritime boundary line incursion procedures while attending the North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center's Living Marine Resources Enforcement course in Kod... More
Coast Guard Cutter Active crewmembers conduct a law
Coast Guard Cutter Active crewmembers conduct a law enforcement boarding of a fishing vessel near Heceta Bank off the coast of Oregon on their transit south, Aug. 26, 2018. In addition to drug interdiction and ... More
A boarding team member from Coast Guard Cutter Chandeleur
A boarding team member from Coast Guard Cutter Chandeleur holds up an allegedly illegally-retained halibut aboard vessel Currency about 12 miles west of Cape Barnabas, Alaska, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. Chandeleur... More
U.S. Coast Guard members work with a team from the
U.S. Coast Guard members work with a team from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center to release a California sea lion named Franklin from aboard Coast Guard Cutter Edisto near Catalina Island, Aug. 24, 2012. The Cen... More
A Coast Guard Cutter Midgett small boat is lowered
A Coast Guard Cutter Midgett small boat is lowered down to the water loaded with a maritime enforcement boarding team to conduct a living marine resources boarding during a LMR patrol in the Pacific Ocean, Oct.... More
Lt. j.g. Nicholas Herndon, of Annandale, Va., a student
Lt. j.g. Nicholas Herndon, of Annandale, Va., a student at the Coast Guard’s North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center, questions his instructor, Chief Petty Officer Erick Noel, who is posing as the mast... More
An aircrew and a HH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air
An aircrew and a HH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Port Angeles prepares to land on the Coast Guard Cutter Active’s flight deck during a counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Sept. 17, 2018.... More
Five aquariums and wildlife recovery facilities including
Five aquariums and wildlife recovery facilities including Sea World, offloaded 35 endangered sea turtles from a Coast Guard C-130J in Orlando, Fla., that originated from Cape Cod, Mass., Dec. 7, 2012. A record ... More
Instructors at the Coast Guard’s North Pacific Regional
Instructors at the Coast Guard’s North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center play a game that demonstrates how different fishing techniques result in a more sustainable fishing industry for the long-term, ... More
Sea lion release - U.S. Coast guard photo
SAN PEDRO, Calif. -- Franklin, a nearly 500-pound California sea lion, waits on a pier at U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach to be lifted aboard Coast Guard Cutter Edisto for transport and release n... More
Ensign Brandi Belveal, of Charleston, W.Va., practices
Ensign Brandi Belveal, of Charleston, W.Va., practices identifying sport fish at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas as part of training at the Coast Guard’s Gulf Regional Fisheries Training Center, June 12, 2... More
A whale reportedly entangled in fishing gear about
A whale reportedly entangled in fishing gear about 600 yards offshore from Harvey Cedars, N.J., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, is assessed by a boat crew from Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light. The Coast Guard is w... More
Week in the Life 2015, Wednesday: Hercules LMR flight over D13
Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Morris, an aviation maintenance technician assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento, keeps an eye on equipment in the cockpit of an HC-130 Hercules aircraft during a fisher... More
A Coast Guard Cutter Valiant crewmember prepares to
A Coast Guard Cutter Valiant crewmember prepares to release a sea turtle after disentangling it from a mass of fishing gear and garbage in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, April 23, 2017. The Valiant, a 210-foot Med... More
Lt. j.g. Nicholas Herndon (center), of Annandale, Va.,
Lt. j.g. Nicholas Herndon (center), of Annandale, Va., checks a fishing vessel’s legal documentation to help Lt. Cmdr. Courtney Sergent, of Baker City, Ore., complete a simulated boarding report, during a simul... More
A crewmember from Coast Guard Cutter Sanibel climbs
A crewmember from Coast Guard Cutter Sanibel climbs the ladder to check on maintenance work on the deck of the ship at Goodison Shipyard in Quonset, Rhode Island on Nov. 15, 2017. The Cutter is homeported in Wo... More
Petty Officer 1st Class John Koch, a small boat coxswain,
Petty Officer 1st Class John Koch, a small boat coxswain, shows one of Active’s Chilean Navy guests how to drive the small boat during a counter-drug patrol, Sept. 1, 2018. Active routinely launches small boats... More
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Sturgeon recovers
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Sturgeon recovers 5 miles of illegal longline fishing gear and over 30 sharks and 20 red snapper Jan. 9, 2020, along the US/Mexico Maritime Boundary Line. This illegal fishing... More
Sea World curator Dan Conklin handles an endangered
Sea World curator Dan Conklin handles an endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle into a proper container. Five aquariums and wildlife recovery facilities including Sea World, offloaded 35 endangered sea turtles fro... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Zachary Jacoby (right), of
Petty Officer 3rd Class Zachary Jacoby (right), of Galveston, Texas, supervises as his classmates at the Coast Guard’s Gulf Regional Fisheries Training Center as they practice measuring openings in fishing nets... More
Sea lion release - U.S. Coast guard photo
SAN PEDRO, Calif. -- A crew from U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach prepares to lift Franklin, a nearly 500-pound California sea lion, aboard Coast Guard Cutter Edisto for transport and release near... More
An olive ridley sea turtle floats trapped in abandoned
An olive ridley sea turtle floats trapped in abandoned fishing nets and line July 10, 2018, in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. A Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton boat crew cut the turtle free and removed the debris from ... More
Coast Guard terminates fishing vessel voyage due to multiple living ma...
Pictured are 10 fillets of snapper/grouper, 26 fillets of wahoo and approximately 10 pounds of Queen Conch approximately 13 miles southeast of Key Largo, Florida, Feb. 3, 2020. A Coast Guard Cutter Charles Davi... More
Fishing poles used for sport fishing line the outside
Fishing poles used for sport fishing line the outside of a recreational fishing boat that Coast Guard members from Station Barnegat Light, New Jersey, boarded as part of a living marine resources patrol, Nov. 7... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Walker (second from left),
Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Walker (second from left), of Jacksonville, Fla., assisted by watchstanders simulating working in a ship’s Combat Information Center, gives direction to fellow crewmembers in anothe... More
A boarding team in a small boat from the Coast Guard
A boarding team in a small boat from the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, a 378-foot High Endurance Cutter homeported in Seattle, sits off the fishing vessel Bambi while conducting inspections during a patrol off th... More