USCG Boards Ship for Illegal Fishing and Finds Infestation of Rats!

AKBASSKING · Oct 3, 2011

http://www.adn.com/2011/09/30/2097513/coast-guard-boards-vessel-for.html

Banagy · Oct 3, 2011

Nothing like red meat and sea food!

wetpaint · Oct 3, 2011

"The United States has an agreement with Japan and other nations to cooperate in the enforcement of illegal fishing in international waters of the North Pacific".........If it was a Japanese boat they would not have reported it.....How about the Japanese stop the killing of whales!!!!

AKBASSKING · Oct 3, 2011

Update:
http://www.adn.com/2011/10/02/2100370/officials-in-dutch-harbor-to-process.html

sbw1 · Oct 3, 2011

Banagy said:
Nothing like red meat and sea food!

"surf 'n turf"

AKBASSKING · Oct 4, 2011

More Update:

http://www.adn.com/2011/10/03/2101831/authorities-begin-removing-crew.html

Scottzzzy · Oct 4, 2011

Wow 30 tons of squid in that net! Isnt there a real problem on the west coast with squid populations?

It is hard to picture a net 10 miles long or the damage it could do.

Pack66Dad · Oct 4, 2011

non-union fishermen?

AKBASSKING · Oct 4, 2011

Pack66Dad said:
non-union fishermen?

Yep.

But union rats!

MonacoMike · Oct 5, 2011

AKBASSKING said:
Yep.

But union rats!

:smt043:smt043

Pack66Dad · Oct 5, 2011

You must be mistaken, the term for non-union is RAT so it stands to reason all rats are non-union.

AKBASSKING · Oct 5, 2011

Alaska Senator says use the ship as gunnery practice for the USCG and send the rust bucket to the deep!

http://www.adn.com/2011/10/04/2103478/sink-rat-infested-vessel-seized.html

beernutz · Oct 5, 2011

That ship sure was a long way from the US when it was seized.

AKBASSKING · Oct 5, 2011

Pack66Dad said:
You must be mistaken, the term for non-union is RAT so it stands to reason all rats are non-union.

Longshoreman quote?? LOL

moparlvr4406 · Oct 6, 2011

AKBASSKING said:
Alaska Senator says use the ship as gunnery practice for the USCG and send the rust bucket to the deep!

http://www.adn.com/2011/10/04/2103478/sink-rat-infested-vessel-seized.html

DID ANYONE read some of the 15 pages of comments ???

AKBASSKING · Oct 7, 2011

More updates and an article from Seattle:

http://www.adn.com/2011/10/05/2105827/coast-guard-hires-contractor-to.html

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016418480_ratboat06m.html

AKBASSKING · Oct 17, 2011

Current Update. Ship handed over to NOAA:

http://www.adn.com/2011/10/16/2123344/rogue-fishing-vessel-turned-over.html

AKBASSKING · Oct 25, 2011

Update: No charges against crew of ship! This blows....

http://www.adn.com/2011/10/25/2137483/no-charges-expected-against-crew.html

AKBASSKING · Oct 27, 2011

More sharks than first believed. No one getting charged is just plain......

http://www.adn.com/2011/10/26/2140040/more-sharks-than-first-believed.html

MonacoMike · Oct 27, 2011

AKBASSKING said:
More sharks than first believed. No one getting charged is just plain......

http://www.adn.com/2011/10/26/2140040/more-sharks-than-first-believed.html

Just to ask a question or two from the other side: How muchwould it cost us to prosecute and incarcerate 22 crew members all of whom are probably low level workers not the likely profiteers of this venture? I know, nobody paid for this, but who really perpatrated this? MM

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