(June 22, 2023 at 10:30 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: Ocean rescue is usually free to the rescued no matter who they are. Our Coast Guard has a policy of not trying to get reimbursed for rescues. It depends on the country doing the rescuing, to the best of my knowledge, but I am not a maritime lawyer.
Yes, but the amount of effort and assets devoted to an individual rescue effort does not seems to usually be “everything they got plus what they can corral from the navy as well”. It seems to be scaled to the number of lives at risk and potential environmental damage involved in the crisis.
