A Coast Guard boarding team member from Cutter Alligator, an 87-foot coastal patrol boat homeported in Galveston, Texas, gazes at purse seine skiffs while approaching the vessels off the Texas coast, Sept. 9, 2022. During the Alligator crew’s recent living marine resources patrol, the crew boarded nine commercial fishing vessels and issued 26 violations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Cutter Alligator)