Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety and Compensation Act of 1987

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Excerpt from Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety and Compensation Act of 1987: Hearing Before the National Ocean Policy Study of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, First Session on S. 849, December 7, 1987Before I begin. I would also like to express my appreciation to the witnesses who have agreed to testify here today. I particularly want to note that Mrs. Peggy Barry. Who made great effort to attend and was planning to come by train, apparently there's been a train accident and the train was cancelled. So her testimony will be accepted. And she will not be here today. She has been untiring in her efforts to focus national attention on this important issue, and we'll hear from Mr. Joe Nall. One of the five members of the National Transportation Safety Board.Today we will hear testimony on the need to establish minimum safety standards for fishing vessels. We'll also look at the current system for compensating injured seamen. With the goal of replacing it with one that is efficient and equitable for both crew members and fishing vessel owners.Each of the witnesses has received a copy of the legislation which I. Together with Senators Kerry of Massachusetts and Senator Adams of Washington. Introduced in the Senate last March. Senator Kennedy from Massachusetts has also recently joined us as a cosponsor.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.