Texas: U.S. Coast Guard confiscates 44 illegally caught sharks

News Release U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Corpus Christi 09. January  2016 —————– Coast Guard seizes more than 3,000 pounds of shark, snapper from multiple lanchas in Gulf of Mexico CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard seized 3,249 pounds of illegal catch from three Mexican fishing boats poaching in waters off South Padre Island early