Thank you!Normally No. it has to be US built for commercial fishing endorsement. But there might be an exemption process. Check with the Coast Guard Documentation Center, and be sure is the actual coast guard people, not one of the “service” companies that likes to masquerade as the USCG and charge extra fees. USCG.mil
Well, you might be right. I can‘t find anything in a quick search, so might just be confusing it with coastwise tradeHmm, I didn’t know about that. When did that rule happen? There were plenty of Canadian built vessels fishing in Alaska when I was younger.
Normally No. it has to be US built for commercial fishing endorsement. But there might be an exemption process. Check with the Coast Guard Documentation Center, and be sure is the actual coast guard people, not one of the “service” companies that likes to masquerade as the USCG and charge extra fees. USCG.mil
Thank you. I'll look into wavers.It's the Jones Act and I think it goes back to the 1930's. I know it applies to freight and passenger vessels, not sure about fishing. There is a waiver process, one of the pax vessels I ran was Canadian built and had a waiver.
my son in law, fishes a Canadian built in Alaska, it's 38' and can pack well over 5 tons of fish. I don't remember that it was an issue to license it to fish.
Under 5 gross registered tons is allowed I believeThank you!
Plenty of Canadian built Novi boats fishing US waters legally by staying under the 5 GRT rule.Canada and the US have some agreements about fishing tuna and maybe some other species in each others waters.
Otherwise commercial fishing is considered coastwise shipping and requires a US built boat or a large donation to a politician for an exemption. Some large foreign built ships and US ships built with foreign steel have been exempted with the right graft.