small fishing vessels

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  MCA: ‘Clarity needed on code concerns’

  26th May 2022

  Fears that the new Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels will require changes that render vessels unsafe are often due to misunderstandings, writes the Maritime and Coastguard Agency fishing safety team The Maritime and Coastguard Agency…

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  Fishermen reminded to prepare for new ‘out-of-water’ vessel inspection

  20th January 2022

  The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is reminding the industry to prepare for new out-of-water inspections of small fishing vessels, to avoid the updated code catching fishermen out. The regulatory body wants fishermen to take advantage of the advice and…