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10/16/2025

Commercial fish factory trawler. Heavy weather Bering Sea.

10/16/2025

Orca pod Santa Barbara Channel

10/16/2025

Whales in Santa Barbara Channel

05/02/2023

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           In October 2000, the USS Cole [i] was attacked by su***de bombers detonating an explosive laden small craft they managed to steer alongside the Cole. Since then, under certain conditions, the United States has required physical security perimeters be set outboard of its vessels, inc...

04/04/2023

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03/08/2023

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        In a traumatic experience, the typical victim goes into fight, flight, or freeze mode. A large approaching vessel pierced our client’s yacht with a long pulpit protruding from the bow which ripped through the cabin. The pulpit hit within feet of where one of our clients was standing. T...

02/14/2023

https://www.berschler.com/outstanding-win-at-trial

Berschler Associates, PC is pleased to announce that it has achieved justice for its plaintiffs in maritime personal injury litigation after a 4-year, long hard battle fought in Federal District Court including trial. We will announce further details in the near future. We wish to express our gratit...

02/08/2023

https://www.berschler.com/interesting-aspects-of-admiralty-law-interlocutory-appeals

           One of the reasons that admiralty law (28 U.S.C. §1333), as practiced in the federal courts, we find fascinating is the distinct treatment of procedural and substantive law as compared to most state law and even as to most federal question civil cases (28 U.S.C., §1331). These dif...

11/30/2022

https://www.berschler.com/oakland-and-encinal-yacht-clubs-46th-annual-lighted-yacht-parade

This year’s parade will start at 5:30 PM on Saturday, December 3rd, 2022. The theme is Holiday Music. Come sea all of the mesmerizing light displays as the vessels travel down the waterway. The parade will begin between Wind River and Fortman Marina’s public pier. Boats will sail down the Alamed...

09/28/2022

Arnold Berschler is pleased to announce that he has been admitted to the United States Supreme Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He is assisting Maryland counsel and prosecuting a maritime case appeal. The Fourth Circuit accepts appeals from Federal Trial Courts in the following states: Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.