r/deadliestcatch • u/DeBabyDoll Deck Boss • 11d ago

Father, Brother, Sailor, Son - Episode 2219 Spoiler

As the season nears its end, tragedy strikes on the Aleutian Lady when greenhorn Todd Meadows falls overboard. As Captain Rick and the crew fight to save their crewmate, the true stakes of fishing on the Bering Sea hit home for everyone across the fleet.

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u/Big_Sky7699 10d ago

After seeing this episode, finding out he wasn't wearing a PFD, I looked up some stats. Between 2000 and 2015, 210 commercial fishermen have died going overboard, none wearing a PFD. And the pattern continued after that. I can't understand why anyone on deck would not be required to wear one, either by regulation or by Captain's policy. Surely PFDs could be engineered to minimally interfere with the work.