A Coast Guard boarding team from the Coast Guard Cutter Shearwater, home-ported in Portsmouth, Va., transits in the cutter's small boat in the waters off Virginia Beach, Jan. 9, 2013. The Shearwater's crew were under way in support of Operation Striper Swiper, an initiative to curtail illegal fishing of the Atlantic striped bass in federal waters. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd class David Weydert)