A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, HC-130 Hercules aircraft 2007, flies over the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alder 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, a region that encompasses nearly a quarter of the Earth’s high seas. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)