Dockside commercial fishing vessel safety exam

ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. - U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Joel Auten, of the Sector Jacksonville Prevention Department, describes to commercial fisherman David Fletcher what he is looking for while inspecting the Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon aboard Fletcher's fishing vessel, Perseverance, during a dockside safety examination in Atlantic Beach, Fla., Oct. 10, 2012. The Coast Guard encourages all boaters, commercial and recreational, to invest in the life-saving device because it is capable of alerting responders a vessel is in distress and provides a precise GPS location for rescue crews. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Lauren Jorgensen)