{"id":4785,"date":"2013-04-25T14:21:58","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T18:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/?p=4785"},"modified":"2014-11-10T14:49:45","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T18:49:45","slug":"department-of-labor-finds-fishing-is-once-again-the-deadliest-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2013\/04\/25\/department-of-labor-finds-fishing-is-once-again-the-deadliest-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Labor Finds Fishing is (once again) the Deadliest Job"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Department of Labor released its final statistics on job fatalities in 2011 today. \u00a0Fishing was once again the deadliest occupation, with a fatality rate<\/a> 36 times that of the national average. Fishing is consistently the most dangerous American occupation, year after year, which is surprising to many people who do not fish or are not close to the industry.<\/p>\n

NPR produced this compelling visual based on the last numbers the Department of Labor released in 2012 on job fatalities:<\/p>\n

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Source: Bureau Of Labor Statistics
Credit: Jess Jiang and Lam Thuy Vo \/NPR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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There are many factors that impact fishing safety including the rules that are put into place to address overfishing. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is in the process of revising the fishing safety provision in the Magnuson Stevens Act. \u00a0It\u2019s important that the provision be strengthened so that new rules to make fisheries sustainable do not compromise safety. \u00a0Unintended consequences may sometimes result from some approaches to control fishing, such as imposing very short fishing seasons, limiting crew size, or the length of vessels.<\/span><\/p>\n

One way to improve fishing safety is by choosing fishery management plans that do not result in fishing derbies–or a \u2018race to fish\u2019\u2014where safety is compromised by an economic incentive to race against other fishermen and the clock to catch as many fish as possible, even in stormy weather. Catch shares are proven to keep fishing within limits and also can also positively impact safety in multiple ways, such as by reducing the pressure to fish in bad weather because \u00a0fishermen have more freedom over when to fish in a catch share. Catch shares are not an ideal solution for every fishery, but they should be kept in the toolbox of options for fishery Councils\u2014especially if they can potentially help decrease the risk for fishermen.<\/p>\n

Making fishing a significantly less deadly profession is going to take a variety of measures. It\u2019s no small task because fishing is inherently dangerous, but it shouldn\u2019t be any more dangerous than it has to be.\u00a0 It\u2019s time for fishing safety advocates, fishermen and conservationists to stand together to ensure safety is being considered in the formation of management plans.<\/p>\n

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