A Coast Guard boarding team team from Cutter Alligator, an 87-foot coastal patrol boat homeported in Galveston, Texas, approaches a shrimp boat and prepares to board the vessel off the Texas coast, Sept. 14, 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)