The U.S. Coast Guard issued an appeal to mariners and recreational boaters after crews encountered a Chinese migrant on a paddleboard some 25 miles off the coast of the Bahamas

A week after 26 people from China landed in Coral Gables in what authorities say was a migrant smuggling operation launched from the Bahamas, the Coast Guard reports that one of its crews stopped a man from China trying to migrate to the U.S. from the island nation on a paddleboard.

The U.S. Coast Guard found a Chinese migrant floating on a paddleboard off the Bahamas, officials said. The man was spotted about 25 miles off Freeport by the Cutter Seahorse, officials said in a post on X Wednesday.