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College students responding to an ad for employment on Alaskan fishing vessels could be risking their lives, according to a report from the National Institute for Occupational Safety (NIOSH).
The ad promises high pay for students with no previous commercial fishing experience.
In a recent press release, NIOSH Acting Director Richard A. Lemen said that nearly 100 workers have died in the commercial fishing industry in the past three years.
-- FAVORITE JOHN GRISHAM NOVEL: doesn't read Grisham but recently enjoyed Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis by Howell Raines
In fact, biologists agree that the most seriously endangered populations are those living near coastlines. While an all-encompassing treaty would be ideal, the most urgent need is for nations to do a better job of tending to their own fishing grounds. Putting restrictions on local fishermen is always politically...