US Coast Guard Works to Make Catch Less Deadly in 2021, Asks Crabbers to Double Down on Safety
The Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab fishery was widely considered the most hazardous US commercial fishery in the ’90s after seventy-three fishing-related fatalities; this gap in safety regulations was partially corrected by the Coast Guard in 1999 with the introduction of a dockside stability and safety compliance check program.