Any marine insurance experts out there who can explain why there would be any basis to pay clam farmers anything? These guys don’t own the waters, the land beneath it, or the clams. They are simply opportunists who collect natural materials from the bottom of the ocean. Where’s the liability?
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Any marine insurance experts out there who can explain why there would be any basis to pay clam farmers anything? These guys don’t own the waters, the land beneath it, or the clams. They are simply opportunists who collect natural materials from the bottom of the ocean. Where’s the liability?
It would also seem that they settled because the ship was out of it’s lane when it struck an unmarked pipe. Was this the only incident?