Things are run as cheap and fast as possible. AIS? They're lucky if they aer It's one of the reasons the job is among the most dangerous in the country. Everyo

Things are run as cheap and fast as possible. AIS? They're lucky if they aer It's one of the reasons the job is among the most dangerous in the country. Everyone thinks deferring maintenance and repairs and safety equipment is fine - it'll happen to some other boat, and even if it does happen to them, the coast guard will come and rescue them. That duct tape on the wiring will be fine, that bubblegum plugging a leak will hold, etc. What's particularly infuriating is that fishermen all feel entitled to making a living in fishing, and no matter how unviable it is, they make a huge stink about regulation or fuel prices and beg for handouts from the government and exemption from regulation. "My great grandpappy fished, grandpappy fished, my daddy fished, and now I fish, and my son is gonna fish. Now let me take as much as I want and let my entire family sit on welfare and give me grant money etc while fishing stocks get depleted and my kid won't actually be able to fish because there won't be any fish left."