You can’t see the cables from the surface. If the maps don’t include them, which was a point I already made, they may have no idea at all what they’ve done, and they may not have any reasonable way at all to predict it. There’s almost 200 million square miles of ocean. How likely do you think it is to drop anchor on a cable? It’s not a reasonable concern a huge portion of the time, and, again, I’m not convinced they know they’re there.

Sure, but will the ocean let your boat stay still? Waves get really big, and storms can lead to intense winds. I don’t see it as entirely unreasonable for these accidents to happen. They should be rare, but with the volume of ocean traffic we have, they kind of are. That isn’t to say we couldn’t do better, but I’m not sure this is a problem that can be 100% solved.

I’m not an expert, but that may not be entirely feasible. Accidents happen. Even if you want to designate no anchoring zones, what about in a bad situation? What if the cable is new and the boat is using maps a year or two old? Do the maps those boats use even include these cables so they can even try to avoid them? Who enforces it in international waters? It’s messy.