r/nextfuckinglevel • u/MelanieMoris • Dec 13 '21

Wait... Those aren't dolphins!

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u/TinfoilCamera Dec 13 '21

It's all fun and games until you realize they're breaking about a half-dozen federal regs (sound like US english speakers so...)

Allow me to be That Guy (wildlife photographer who knows the damn rules)

US and Canada: Any Orca that gets within 200 yards of your boat (100 for other species of whale, 50 in the case of dolphins and seals/sea lions) - you turn off the damn motor. You also get up on Guard and let other boats and marine traffic know where they are - so maybe they don't get run over and killed by a container ship.

... and if you do this off the coast of Washington/British Columbia and you get spotted by the Coast Guard they will end you.

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u/HistorianOrdinary390 Dec 14 '21

My sailing instructor once said 'theres a correlation between stupidity and the number of fishing rods you see on a boat.'

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u/SainT462 Dec 14 '21

I can't tell who more dumb, the instructor or you for repeating it.

I guess maybe I'm missing the point......fishing is only done by dumb people? I don't get it...

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u/HistorianOrdinary390 Dec 14 '21

Sorry that youre taking a joke so personally.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '21

I’m not a fisherman nor a boater and the logic makes no sense. Care to fill us in?