A new video to explain the mid water trawl issue

[intrepid24]

Originally Posted by BasicPatrick

We need fishermen to show up on September 28 in Newport RI mid morning and help us get some real regulations to limit these boats. Any S_B members that come...I will by lunch.

...wow, seems like an on-board observer is basically not observing everything.
just put there to make it sound as if the effort is being made to monitor.

[J_T_R]

Originally Posted by intrepid24

...wow, seems like an on-board observer is basically not observing everything.
just put there to make it sound as if the effort is being made to monitor.

Doesn't really surprise me. A lot of the observers are young kids not too far out of school, who are on a boat with 5-6 seasoned fisherman. If the pressure alone doesn't get to them, I'm sure that a captain or two has some "advice" for them. I'm sure that there are normal procedures on most boats that look legit that are actually not.

In my opinion, there should be 2 observers on every boat. That way, at least they feel like they aren't completely alone on the boat.

[redlite]

Originally Posted by J_T_R

Doesn't really surprise me. A lot of the observers are young kids not too far out of school, who are on a boat with 5-6 seasoned fisherman. If the pressure alone doesn't get to them, I'm sure that a captain or two has some "advice" for them. I'm sure that there are normal procedures on most boats that look legit that are actually not.

In my opinion, there should be 2 observers on every boat. That way, at least they feel like they aren't completely alone on the boat.

Yeah, I can just see the captain saying to that girl, stay over here in this little area and don't wander, its deadly for you to leave this little area where you can't see anything. You might "accidentaly" fall overboard and never be found.....
Nothin like goin through the motions......