Coast Guard Getting AK's Older Fishing Vessels Up-to-Date on Modern Safety Regs (Fish Radio)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio with Laine Welch] March 27, 2015 This is Fish Radio.
I’m Laine Welch – Volunteers are needed to help craft new safety regs. More after this
New rules are being written that apply to older fishing boats to make sure they are safe. It’s called the Alternate Compliance Safety Program , a part of the 2010 US Coast Guard Authorization Act.
“The Alternate Compliance Safety Program is aimed at vessels that are 25 years old by 2020 and greater than 50 feet in length, and operating beyond three nautical miles. So this is a new program.”
Troy Rentz is Alternate Safety Compliance Coordinator for the USCG 13th District. The program will include the bulk of Alaska’s fishing fleet, as most boats by far were built between 1970 and 1989...
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