Title 46 — ShippingRelease 119-73

§6104 Commercial fishing industry vessel casualty statistics

Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Vessels and Seamen › Part Part D— - Marine Casualties › Chapter CHAPTER 61— - REPORTING MARINE CASUALTIES › § 6104

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must collect statistics about marine accidents using information from insurers that cover fishing vessels, fish-processing vessels, and fish-tender vessels. Insurers that provide primary insurance for those vessels must regularly send casualty data as the Secretary’s rules require. The Secretary must write those rules after talking with the insurance industry and may give the authority to a qualified person who knows how to collect insurance statistics to compile the data.

Full Legal Text

Title 46, §6104

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(a)The Secretary shall compile statistics concerning marine casualties from data compiled from insurers of fishing vessels, fish processing vessels, and fish tender vessels.

(b)A person underwriting primary insurance for a fishing vessel, fish processing vessel, or fish tender vessel shall submit periodically to the Secretary data concerning marine casualties that is required by regulations prescribed by the Secretary.

(c)After consulting with the insurance industry, the Secretary shall prescribe regulations under this section to gather a statistical base for analyzing vessel risks.

(d)The Secretary may delegate to a qualified person that has knowledge and experience in the collection of statistical insurance data the authority of the Secretary under this section to compile statistics from insurers.

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Citation

46 U.S.C. § 6104

Title 46 — Shipping

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73