The Seafarers Charity’s project to develop safety management onboard fishing vessels to the standard of the Fishing Safety Management Code is well underway, with an initial 50 vessels in the South West of England having signed up. The new service,…
After a disrupted year, training provision is restarting, say the Seafish safety and training team – so book those courses now! The pandemic has disrupted all our lives in one way or another. Whilst it has been great to see…
Frankie Horne, fishing safety manager for the RNLI, talks to John Periam about the institution’s work to improve safety awareness in the industry The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has a dedicated fishing safety division run by Frankie Horne, who…
Preventing accidents starts with getting to grips with risk assessment, explains Mark Lennon from the MCA Survey and Inspections team Commercial fishing carries high risk to health and safety. Accident, death and serious injury rates are over 20 times higher…
Home and Dry – the Fishing Industry Safety Group (FISG) campaign sharing vital messages about safety at sea – is launching a new man-overboard (MOB) prevention campaign this week to remind all those working on fishing vessels to take three…
UK federations gear up for new regime. The biggest changes in fishing industry safety regulations in a generation, or possibly ever, are in the pipeline, reports Tim Oliver. The Work in Fishing Convention (ILO 188) aims to create a set…
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