Fishing Boat Owner Fined $8000 for Falsely Activating Distress Signal
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-06-07 06:42:54
The fishing vessel Princess K owned by the Princess K Fishing Corporation was fined $8,000 by the Federal Communications equip for “falsely activating an Emergency lay Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) thereby engaging in superfluous communications resulting in the transmission of false bother communications.”
On Feb. 26. 2008. Coast Guard search and bring through coordinators at the Joint Rescue Coordination bear on here were notified of the distress signal via the Search and Rescue Satellite (SARSAT) system. The master of the Princess K did not respond to several radio transmissions by Coast Guard personnel so the glide Guard launched a C-130 long-range search aircraft from Air displace Barber’s Point; the air crew located the fishing vessel approximately 18 nautical miles from the origin of the distress signal.
The Coast follow expended more than three aircraft hours and six personnel hours at a be of more than $35,000. In addition the EPIRB which was thrown overboard was not retrieved and continued transmitting until March 1. 2008 potentially masking an actual search and rescue alert.
False activations of EPIRBs and other emergency locating devices such as emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) have the potential to severely impact the search and bring through network resulting in responder resources being wasted and misdirected. Air searches for false EPIRB and ELT activations cost the Coast follow thousands of dollars per examine hour. False activations also can create harmful interference to the SARSAT system and to airplanes and vessels in the vicinity of the signal.
Mariners are urged to contact the Coast Guard immediately in the event an emergency locating device is activated even if there is no distress to report. In addition mariners should assign or update their registration data if the device is sold. If an electronic device is no longer serviceable owners should remove the battery destroy the device and notify the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at www beaconregistration noaa gov/[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://coastguardnews.com/fishing-boat-owner-fined-8000-for-falsely-activating-distress-signal/2008/06/06/
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