A Coast Guard boarding team team from Cutter Alligator, an 87-foot coastal patrol boat homeported in Galveston, Texas, inspects the safety gear aboard a purse seine vessel off the Texas coast, Sept. 9, 2022. During the Alligator’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)