The issue is that fence 2 doesn't serve the same purpose as fence 1.
Fence 1 is that we have the NCFSAC that serves to ensure the safety of commercial fishing.
Fence 2 is no fence because we don't want to limit economic activity.
That's by definition removing the fence, not moving it.
Safety policy is written in blood. By getting rid of the committee that writes that policy you aren't moving the fence, you are just getting rid of it and letting the blood that chesterton's fence once stopped to flow again.
Those are recreational boating accidents. They are completely unrelated to the discussion at hand (which is commercial fishing accidents).
> Now do before 2018 when the NCFSAC didn't exist...
> It's simply returning to the status quo of 6 years ago.
It's not though. Before it was called the NCFSAC, it was the Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety Advisory Committee (CFIVSAC). That committee existed back to 2010 at least.
And I'm not sure exactly what argument you are trying to make. It's not Chesterton's fence to do something new. It is Chesterton's fence to get rid of something without planning for something to replace it's role. It's not a complicated concept. Chesterton's fence is about removing something without understanding why it was there and planning properly for after it's gone.
The point of Chesterton's fence is that the fence was created for a specific reason and then was removed without addressing that. Replacing that fence with something built for an entirely unrelated purpose isn't replacing that fence. The closest equivalent would be replacing an electric fence with a small stone retaining wall.
They do different things. The electric fence is for keeping animals in/out and the retaining wall is for keeping soil from moving. Sure you may add the retaining wall but you've still removed the electric fence so the foxes can now get into your chicken coops or your cows are running free. That's chesterton's fence. Even if well meaning, making a change that fails to replicate/fulfil the original purpose of the original fence causes the issues to return.
Fence 1 is that we have the NCFSAC that serves to ensure the safety of commercial fishing.
Fence 2 is no fence because we don't want to limit economic activity.
That's by definition removing the fence, not moving it.
Safety policy is written in blood. By getting rid of the committee that writes that policy you aren't moving the fence, you are just getting rid of it and letting the blood that chesterton's fence once stopped to flow again.