A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii HC-130 Hercules aircraft 2007 flies over U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Terrell Horne during Operation Southern Shield 2023, conducted in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, October 2023. The Coast Guard recently completed the first high-seas boardings and inspections off the coast of Peru under a newly adopted multi-lateral agreement to monitor fishing and transshipment operations within the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) Convention Area, a region which encompasses nearly a quarter of the Earth’s high seas. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)