PERU, 10.07.2023, Courtesy Photo, USCG District 11
A Coast Guard boarding team member catches a view looking aft across the deck of a squid jigger vessel during a boarding inspection, with Coast Guard Cutter Alder in the background, during Operation Southern Shield 2023, 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. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)