Safety in US fisheries on an upward trend

Last January, the US Coast Guard (USCG) published the fifth edition of its fishing vessel casualty study, U. S. Coast Guard, Office of Investigations and Analysis: A review of lost fishing vessels & crew fatalities, 1992 – 2010. Menakhem Ben-Yami looks into its findings.

Coast Guard crew preparing to tow a disabled fishing vessel

Last January, the US Coast Guard (USCG) published the fifth edition of its fishing vessel casualty study, U. S. Coast Guard, Office of Investigations and Analysis: A review of lost fishing vessels & crew fatalities, 1992 – 2010. Menakhem Ben-Yami looks into its findings.