A boarding team aboard an over-the-horizon cutter boat from Coast Guard Cutter Mellon (WHEC-717) transits toward Chinese-flagged fishing vessel Lurong Yuan Yu 899 as it offloads catch onto the Russian-flagged transshipment Vessel Pamyat in the North Pacific Ocean, July 15, 2019. Mellon is patrolling in support of Operation North Pacific Guard (NPG) 2019, conducting boardings to detect and deter all types of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activity. U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo by Coast Guard Cutter Mellon.