Alaskan Sea-Duction
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- Vessel Name
- Alaskan Sea-Duction
- Vessel Make
- 1988 M/Y Camargue YachtFisher
Cheaper?Why is this practiced if there is an actual approved captain on board US flagged vessel? ?Are these foreign captains better fisherman
Boarding for violations of the catch regulations? Never seen thisThe CG does board fishing vessels enforcing catch limits. They'll check everything else while they're at it including credentials. If the only licensed crew is tending nets or something that's going to be a problem. I'd bet they caught some of the boats without being tipped off. But I have seen some of the 6-pack guys here play the same game, ratting out the competition on minor violations. Usually with the Michigan DNR requirements which are way more stringent than the Federal.
How stupid does everyone on board have to be to not realize they are being boarded and it is time to switch hats?
I still don’t see the big picture. Why bother bringing along a deck hand with a Master’s License if the charade cannot survive an inspection? Would it not be cheaper to just have no credentialed person on board? You still would not be caught until inspected.
There was a fleet of trawlers working out of New Bedford MA owned by one man. He had so many various types of violations they eventually were able to get him out of the commercial fishing business.