Fat fishermen catch a break after ban stopping them from going to sea if they were too heavy is lifted by the Transport Secretary-Mark Harper ends ban on fisherman with BMI over 35 from going out to sea

Daily Mail ^ | 3-28-24 | OLIVER PRICE

[SJackson]

The Transport Secretary has lifted a ban on overweight fisherman working at sea after outcry from the fishing industry.

Mark Harper has ended rules which mean that all crew members of fishing boats have to get a certificate of health before they head to the waters.

[drSteve78]

WTAFatF?

[ComputerGuy]

They keep tightening the screws. The bureaucrats, that is. They just can’t help it.

[SJackson]

Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me is you see articles of interest.

The Department for Transport initially said the decision was made to stop fishermen risking their own lives at work.

Commercial fishing is a pretty risky occupation for skinny fisherman too. According to OSHA the most dangerous in the US, can't imagine the UK is any different

[mad_as_he$$]

1 stone = 14 pounds.

[DoodleBob]

Can anyone show me where in the Constitution there is an enumerated power for the Congress or Executive to implement BMI limits on private employers?

I will scream if you say The Commerce Clause.

[vikingd00d]

>>But after criticism from the industry, the rules will now only apply to larger boats which are bigger than 10 meters long.

The headline is misleading. They didn’t revoke the rule for everyone, just for really tiny fishing boats.

[heartwood]

UK

[DoodleBob]

Never mind….this is the UK.

We kicked England out of here a long time ago.

[bigbob]

“Not the Bee”

[glennaro]

Unelected bureaucrats, seemingly everywhere, as the busybodies of politics just cannot leave people alone. How irritating. It’s a full-time job just minding my own business and myself; I truly don’t understand the clearly uncontrollable compulsion to control other people.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

You must have read the entire article because the excerpt doesn’t explain that.

[Red Badger]

What in Sam Hill is this faggotry?...................

[Red Badger]

This is UK. They don’t have our Constitution.................

[Grampa Dave]

This is/was a stupid law in the UK not the USA.

[stevio]

LOL!

[Yo-Yo]

Can anyone show me where in the Constitution there is an enumerated power for the Congress or Executive to implement BMI limits on private employers?

As this happened in the UK, you'd have to look at the Magna Carta, or whatever document they use these days.

[ComputerGuy]

I try not to think about how much I pay just to be regulated.

[EnderWiggin1970]

Thanks for the conversion! I thought the Brits went metric a long time ago. Is there a stone somewhere that they keep as a national standard??

[SJackson]

The headline is misleading. They didn’t revoke the rule for everyone, just for really tiny fishing boats.

Didn't notice that. Ironic, didn't they hear Hank Johnson's warning that too many Marines would tip Guam over? The should ban the fat fisherman from small boats if at all.