Safety in US fisheries on an upward trend

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.

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