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…
In this issue of Fishing News, our lead story is Tim Oliver’s report on the government setting provisional TACs for UK-EU shared stocks for the remainder of 2021, or until an agreement is reached with the EU Plus the latest news…
– Supertrawler invasion – Fishermen who saved paddleboarders hailed as heroes – 700-mile kayaker raises £9,000+ for Mission – Pressures on North Sea cod fishery – Two rescued after capsize in North Sea – UK vessel owners asked to…
RNLI fishing safety manager Frankie Horne has urged the fishing community to take advantage of the safety training on offer for crews, and to ensure that their safety equipment is up to date. His call comes after the skipper of…
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…
On World Day for Safety and Health at Work (28 April), Seafish’s Head of Safety and Training Simon Potten, reminds fishermen that the summer period is not a time to be complacent at sea. For many fishermen the arrival of…
Sunderland Marine, one of the world’s leading insurers to the fishing industry, has published a new safety guide aimed primarily at young people joining fishing vessels for the first time. Called Safe Out, Safe Home: A Safety Guide for New Fishing Crew, the new graphic-novel-style guide is designed…
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has launched a campaign to keep commercial fishermen safe, with figures showing that 88 people were injured or killed in deck machinery incidents on fishing vessels in UK waters over the past five years. As well as encouraging skippers and vessel owners…
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