Survey: Alternative PFDs Find Acceptance Among Bristol Bay Fishermen
In 2019, AMSEA distributed 74 Stormline™rain bibs with built-in flotation and Kent Safety Products Rogue™ vests to commercial fishermen attending Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor classes in Dillingham, Naknek and Togiak, Alaska. Both are non-Coast Guard approved personal flotation devices. Fishermen in these communities participate in Alaska's Bristol Bay gillnet salmon fishery. The following year, fishermen that received PFDs were surveyed to assess their usage of the PFDs an