Illegal charter boat operations exploded during the pandemic. They still present a “big problem” for the U.S. Coast Guard.

An 83-foot fishing boat that's been sitting at the bottom of the New Meadows River in Harpswell for seven months, is being removed by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Coast Guard boarding team members attached to the Coast Guard Cutter Narwhal detain 21 migrants aboard a 34-foot boat near Newport Beach, California on Nov. 14, 2024.