T&T: abandoned & salvage

[Rich Gano]

As I said, it will be very interesting to see what a court gives them.  It
wouldn't amount to a hill of beans it I were judge.  You also have to risk
something to get a big reward, and they did not.

-----Original Message-----
From: Henry Quigley [mailto:quigley at consolidated.net]
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 9:18 AM
To: Rich Gano; doug at 5goulds.com
Cc: Trawlers-and-Trawlering
Subject: Re: T&T: abandoned & salvage




>What the fishermen did not do was in anyway salvage the vessel.  They
simply
>reported its presence to a Governmental authority which in turn
>required/requested they stand by until the Governmental authority removed
>the vessel.


Under the concept of "salvage" what they did constitutes salvage and they
are "salvors."

This concept comes from the thinking that if not reported the vessel could
be struck by a ship at night and destroyed; therefore reporting it
constitutes "salvage."

IMHO

Henry
M/V Mary M
Lying Baytown TX