In addition to the search and rescue responsibility of the Coast Guard. their law enforcement role has multiplied many times over due to the Cuban situation. the Russian trawler traffic in the North Atlantic and along the entire eastern seaboard. and intensified fishing by Japanese and Russians off the coast of Alaska. The U.S. Coast Guard has the responsibility of picking up Cuban refugees coming in from Cuba in all types of small craft. Since 1961 over 6.300 Cuban refugees have fled to Florida in all sorts of small craft. some even coming in rowboats. The Coast Guard rescues over 250 refugees a month. It is also the Coast Guard that is directed to keep antiCastro raiders from leaving U.S. ports. When Soviet trawlers are spotted within or just outside the U.S. 3mile limit. the Coast Guard is entrusted with surveillance.
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