A fisherman has issued a simple but life-saving message to his fellow crewmen following his recent rescue after he fell overboard: “A lifejacket and PLB saved my life: wear them.” It had started out as an ordinary working day for…
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has issued a safety bulletin, following a number of near misses, accidents and a fatality, to remind owners, employers, skippers and crew of UK fishing vessels of their responsibilities during lifting operations. This bulletin…
Over the past six months, the MAIB has launched new investigations into several fatal accidents onboard fishing vessels. The organisation says it has identified various recurrent themes, but man-overboard retrieval remains a persistent, and deadly, issue. In light of this,…
The House of Commons cross- party EFRA committee has written to DEFRA secretary of state George Eustice, urging ‘pragmatism’ to ease friction in the seafood and meat trade between Great Britain and the EU, which will also benefit the movement…
Marine insurance specialist Sunderland Marine has been creating easy and approachable ways to communicate the importance of safety on fishing vessels. Rachael Harper spoke to marine underwriting manager Craig McBurnie and loss prevention executive Alvin Forster (pictured above, right, with…
John Periam gets advice from RNLI fishing safety manager Frankie Horne on the issues that can threaten vessel stability and the safety of those onboard… RNLI analysis of commercial fishing fatalities between 2007 and 2018 shows that a high number…
To celebrate the Fishing News Awards, FISG is giving away £250 towards making you and your crew safer. Click here to enter. The Fishing Industry Safety Group’s (FISG) Home and Dry campaign is aiming to make the fishing industry safer. The…
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…
The UK’s independent Marine Accident Investigation Branch is uniquely placed to advance fishing safety, reports John Periam Set up in 1989, the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) is part of the Department for Transport and is entirely independent of the…
