Jury: Majestic Blue Fisheries LLC liable for captain’s death

April 8, 2015 National

A federal jury Monday determined that the owner of a fishing vessel that sank after taking on water in calm seas and good weather, killing its captain, is responsible for the man’s death. As a result, the jury awarded the captain’s widow, Amy Hill, more than $3.2 million, according to a judgment filed in the District Court of Guam. The jury determined that the captain’s death was the result of negligence by the vessel’s owner, Majestic Blue Fisheries LLC. That company, according to court documents, is owned by the parent company of StarKist. Read the rest here 17:10

Captain David Hill, liable for captain's death, Majestic Blue Fisheries LLC, negligence by the vessel's owner

One Response to Jury: Majestic Blue Fisheries LLC liable for captain’s death

StripedBassHole says:

April 8, 2015 at 8:46 pm

Condolences to his Widow, Family, and Friends.
Looks like the Corp. got tangled in it’s own BOTTOM LINE…
Putting Workers at risk to save MONEY is inexcusable!!!

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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