agents seize nearly 350 pounds of protected red fish from cargo ship in the Gulf of Mexico

A group of fishermen in Louisiana could be facing jail time after border agents say they illegally reeled in nearly 350 pounds of a protected fish in the Gulf of Mexico last month.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the Area Port of New Orleans charged the crew members of one cargo ship with several counts of illicit fishing after officials say they took in 348 pounds of South Atlantic red snappers from the Gulf of Mexico at the Southwest Pass on June 19.The crew was charged with possessing more than their limit of red snappers, angling without a non-resident license and angling without a saltwater non-resident license, officials said in a statement Monday.LINK