National Safe Boating Week was recognized in the last week of May, and it was then the\u00a0Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC<\/a>) chose to release the 2015 boating accident figures.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n The results were not good, though it should be noted that 2014 saw an exceptional decrease in the number of boating accidents. Still, our injury lawyers had hoped it would be the start of a trend. Apparently, it was not.<\/p>\n According to FWC’s preliminary figures:<\/p>\n That means in a single year, Florida boating accident deaths rose by more than 16 percent. And nowhere was more dangerous than the waters off Miami-Dade.<\/span><\/p>\n According to the data, Miami ranked No. 1 for boating accidents in the state. We have 65,322 total vessels in this count – with nearly 63,000 of those being for recreational purposes – (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" National Safe Boating Week was recognized in the last week of May, and it was then the\u00a0Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) chose to release the 2015 boating accident figures.\u00a0 The results were not good, though it should be…<\/span><\/p>\n\n