MOBILE, Alabama - Illegal poaching of fish by Mexican crews in U.S. water off Texas' southern coast is an ongoing problem resulting in the waste of tens of thousands of pounds of commercially and recreationally important species such as red snapper and shark.

In the latest case alone this week, U.S. Coast Guard personnel intercepted a Mexican fishing boat, known as a lancha, with a crew of four and found 590 pounds of red snapper onboard in violation of permit requirements mandated under the Magnuson-Stevens Act.

Another lancha safely made it back into Mexican water before it could be stopped, according to a Coast Guard news release.

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