To: The Alaska State House, The Alaska State Senate, and Governor Mike Dunleavy
Crab fish reform act
Holding crab fishing captains and crew financially and legally responsible for their behavior on and off their boats, wherever they lose their money and get arrested for the things they do. And forcing new laws and regulatory rules that would make crab fishing safer and better for everybody. So that it is fair and equal opportunity is available to tje ypunger guys who are hungry for it. And will force aging captains to train there successors. and making a knew mandatory retirement age as well.
Why is this important?
I see Deadliest Catch and yet I am disgusted. One boat captain attacks the cameraman from the Discovery Channel. Another one is a heroin addict and yet is not arrested or even forced to pay a fee to the harbor master. And he is still on TV. He should be in a jail cell and made an example of. The captain of the wizard should be arrested and have to pay a fee for his actions and for allowing his crew to push around their new crew member fighting hazing verbal taunting and treating them like dirt. How many former greenhorns have ended up in jail or homeless because of the way they were treated. Being treated like dirt for not being able to do a job they never trained for. Meanwhile none of these guys are made to go to school or undergo proper training for a job that can get them killed. Meanwhile half of these guys have serious health problems they should forced to quit if there health fails for good no coming back. There are a lot of problems in the crab fishing industry that have gone unchecked. These guys are paid to risk their health, do drugs, pick fights, and act like jerks and the public rewards them for it. The industry needs to change and these captains are too comfortable. The reform will force these guys to train new captains prepared for the future or make a small fortune for two seasons and invest in a new business. The mind set should be what am I gonna do with the money made here. So they can get out of the way for the new guys hungry for their shot. If you have back problems then get off the boat and stay off the boat. The captain of Cornelia marie had a stroke on his boat. What in the world. Enough is enough. Elliot should be in jail right now. For putting other lives at risk. Edgar Hansen should not be on the boat he should daving up and prepairing to leave his health has failed. This is a joke and it has to stop.