Fishing Boat Lost off Cape May

[teddyp]

“It’s either you go out when they tell you, or you don’t make any money. He had a three-day window. The biggest question is the laws. They’re out there because of these stupid laws. There’s no sense in these lives being in danger. It’s ridiculous,” Walker said.

THEN MR. WALKER, I'LL SEE YOU IN D.C.


ON THE OTHER HAND....ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY OF THIS TRAGIC ACCIDENT, I WAS 300 MILES TO THE SOUTH OF CAPE MAY AND I ALSO WANTED TO FISH AND MAKE SOME MONEY THAT WEEK ON NOVEMBER...

BUT I HAD BEEN LISTENING TO THE UPCOMING WEATHER REPORTS FOR SEVERAL DAYS...FOLLOWING IT...STUDYING IT....AND LASTLY PAYING HEED TO IT.

NO MONEY MADE BY ME THIS PARTICULAR SAD SAD DAY IN CAPE MAY.....AND I SEND CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILES OF THIS CREW.

AND I THANK THE NWS FOR THE UPDATE FORECAST THAT KEPT ME DOCKSIDE.


AND I THANK THE USCG FOR THEIR SEMPER PARATUS ATTITUDE.

IT IS THE PERSONAL GOAL OF EVERY MEMBER IN THE COAST GUARD TO BE A PART OF AN OPEN WATER RESCUE WHEN THIS HAPPENS.....

VERY MAN IN THE USCG DREAMS OF THE MOMENT WHEN ALL THE TRAINING PAYS OFF & COMES FULL CIRCLE....AND MANY HAVE DIED WHILE TRYING SAVING OTHERS FROM PERIL.....

IS YOUR LIFE WORTH IT? IS IT WORTH THE RISK TO HEAD OUT INTO YET ANOTHER PERFECT STORM ....AS PREDICTED?

I'M SORRY HERE.... BUT I DON'T GET IT....I MAY GO DOWN ONE DAY WITH THE SHIP BUT IT WILL NOT HAPPEN WHEN A STORM SUCH AS THIS IS PREDICTED.

I understand your point about the weather and agree with you that the coast guard puts themselves in the thick of it to try to save peoples lives. I just wish the governement would put more money into the coast guard to update there training and equipment. They are saving Us citizens.

[TAURUS]

"I'M SORRY HERE.... BUT I DON'T GET IT."


welcome to the archaic commercial fishing regulations....this is why most fisheries on the west coast have gone to IFQ's...'derby' commercial fishing gets people killed and places rescuers at risk...used to be the entire Ak halibut quota for the year was caught in just a couple of days...you had to go when they told you to go....the opening dates were set way in advance without regard to storms....it killed a lot of good men.

they finally came to thier senses and now permit holders can fish whenever they want , providing they don't catch more than thier share.

one thing to note...some early regulations did not require the primary permit holder to be on board during harvest..this created a bunch of suit and tie types trading these permits back and forth...this inflated the permit prices beyond what most guys entering the business could afford .

probably more than you wanted to know.