The Battle Over Safety on the Water and Wearing A Life Preserver
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Boston Globe] by David Abel - December 27, 2017
One rogue wave or false step, an ankle caught in a line, is all it takes to cast a fisherman overboard. But those risks have never been enough to convince Rick Beal that it's worth wearing a life preserver.
Even though he has never learned how to swim.
Commercial fishing ranks among the most dangerous professions, but fishermen — fiercely independent and resistant to regulations — have long shunned life preservers, often dismissing the flotation ...
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