MADERIA BEACH, Fla. - Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Douglas Gross, left, a fishing vessel safety examiner for Sector St. Petersburg's Prevention Department, checks and describes to a commercial fisherman what he is looking for while inspecting his safety equipment during a dockside safety examination at Maderia Beach, Fla., Oct. 16, 2012. The examination requirement is one of several new mandates established by the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 that went into effect Oct. 16, 2012. The act requires a mandatory safety examination for fishing vessels that operate beyond three nautical miles of the baseline regardless of whether the vessel is state-registered or federally documented. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael De Nyse.
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