Wednesday, June 19 2013 11:39 PM EDT2013-06-20 03:39:01 GMT
An American Cancer Society study is coming to the Ark-La-Tex. It's giving locals a chance to help unlock the mysteries of the illness. They are looking for 500 people in the Sheveport-Bossier area to participateMore >>
An American Cancer Society study is coming to the Ark-La-Tex. It's giving locals a chance to help unlock the mysteries of the illness. More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 7:46 PM EDT2013-06-19 23:46:27 GMT
Two children, ages 7 and 5, were seriously injured after the motorized scooter they were riding collided with a car Wednesday in Bossier Parish.More >>
Two children, ages 7 and 5, were seriously injured after the motorized scooter they were riding collided with a car Wednesday in Bossier Parish.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 7:41 PM EDT2013-06-19 23:41:24 GMT
Hundreds turned out Wednesday morning for the funeral of Texarkana, Texas Police Officer William Sprague, who died Saturday as the result of a hit and run while he was on duty early Friday morning.More >>
Hundreds turned out Wednesday morning for the funeral of Texarkana, Texas Police Officer William Sprague, who died Saturday as the result of a hit and run while he was on duty early Friday morning.More >>
The following is a U.S. Coast Guard story:
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A Coast Guard crew found an illegal gill net with hundreds of dead sharks Monday, 4 miles off the Texas coast.
The crew of a Coast Guard Station South Padre Island response boat spotted the gill net approximately 17 miles north of the U.S – Mexican maritime border. The gill net was 5 miles long and was loaded with 345 dead sharks.
The species of shark seized included 225 black tip, 109 bonnet, and 11 bull sharks.
"Gill nets indiscriminately kill any fish or marine mammal it snares across miles of ocean, often leaving much of the catch spoiled by the time it is hauled in," according to Cmdr. Daniel Deptula, the response officer for Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi. "Mexican fisheries have been depleted due to wasteful fishing methods such as gill netting and over fishing, which is why there has been increased illegal fishing activity into U.S. waters."
Typically, catches of shark such as this are also only harvested for their fins, and the rest of the shark is discarded. During calendar year 2012, Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi seized more than 49 miles of gill net from illegal fishing activities.
Gill nets are illegal throughout Texas and devastating to the marine environment.
"We hope our efforts continue to disrupt and dissuade this illegal enterprise along our South Texas shores," said Deptula.
On a national level, the Coast Guard is the leader in at-sea enforcement of U.S. living marine resource laws designed to protect fish stocks and protect marine species to healthy, sustainable levels, ensuring a level playing field in the legal fishing industry.
The Coast Guard works closely alongside the Texas Parks and Wildlife agency, the Department of State, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to enforce domestic fisheries laws and protect the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone from foreign encroachment.
For more information, please see the Coast Guard's Web site on Living Marine Resources at www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg531/LMR.asp.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 7:41 PM EDT2013-06-19 23:41:24 GMT
Hundreds turned out Wednesday morning for the funeral of Texarkana, Texas Police Officer William Sprague, who died Saturday as the result of a hit and run while he was on duty early Friday morning.More >>
Hundreds turned out Wednesday morning for the funeral of Texarkana, Texas Police Officer William Sprague, who died Saturday as the result of a hit and run while he was on duty early Friday morning.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 6:24 PM EDT2013-06-19 22:24:19 GMT
A bomb squad from Barksdale Air Force Base has been called into to handle a suspicious device discovered outside a Texarkana, Arkansas dentist's office.More >>
A bomb squad from Barksdale Air Force Base has been called into to handle a suspicious device discovered outside a Texarkana, Arkansas dentist's office.More >>
Shreveport Police Violent Crimes investigators arrested a Shreveport woman in connection to the death of a 3-year-old who was pronounced dead Monday night.More >>
A 13-year-old boy was arrested and charged with second degree murder after his 5-year-old sister died Sunday. Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Detectives say the boy admitted to practicing "WWE" moves on theMore >>
A teen boy was arrested and charged with murder after his younger sister died. Detectives say he admitted practicing "WWE" moves on her, even after she said she was in pain.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 10:23 AM EDT2013-06-19 14:23:12 GMT
(CNN) – More than 23,000 pounds of ground beef products are being recalled on fears they may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria. The recalled cases come from the National Beef Packing Company, basedMore >>
More than 23,000 pounds of ground beef products are being recalled on fears they may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 9:23 AM EDT2013-06-18 13:23:30 GMT
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her. Jayden Sink raised nearly $200 on Friday while she sold lemonadeMore >>
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 3:35 PM EDT2013-06-18 19:35:49 GMT
A dog battling cancer managed to hang on long enough to see her owner return from a deployment overseas. According to Jennifer Ralston's YouTube channel, Kermie, an 11-year-old beagle-lab-chow mix, wasMore >>
Kermie, an 11-year-old beagle-lab-chow mix, was diagnosed with oral melanoma just a month after her owner, Eric, was deployed overseas.More >>
(Source: U.S. Coast Guard)
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