Tag Archives: maritime law

Bottled Up Tensions

The Army Corps of Engineers may face the harsh repercussions associated with opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway and subsequently causing the direct and indirect injury and death of a significant portion of the area’s bottlenose dolphin population. The spillway was opened in 2019 for a record 120 days. Over this extended period, as polluted fresh water from the Mississippi River traveled into the Mississippi Sound saltwater, the impact of the flooding proved detrimental. Many of the dolphins that did survive suffered from skin lesions.

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Seas the Opportunity

A new anniversary may be tagged to the site where 111 years ago, the Titanic sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean almost 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland. On Father’s Day this year, a submersible named the Titan, manned by the company OceanGate, had deployed to the depths of the sea in hopes that its passengers would view the wreckage of the Titanic. Four days after the Titan began its expedition, sections of the vessel were located on the ocean floor. Due to what the US Coast Guard has identified as a catastrophic implosion of the pressure chamber, the passengers perished.

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A Reel Challenge

Although a crew of anglers that reeled in a 600-pound blue marlin in mid-June has been officially disqualified from winning first place, the Sensation crew has since hired legal counsel to challenge that decision. Given the disqualification, the crew not only loses bragging rights, but also loses the opportunity to accept the $3 million prize. Before a final decision was made, a careful deliberation was held amongst the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament Rules Committee, Board of Directors, biologists from both NC State CMAST and NC Marine Fisheries, and an official from the International Game Fish Association.

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