Fisheries social dimension prominent at Seafood Expo Global

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During the Seafood Expo Global 2018 taking place from 24-26th of April in Brussels, gathering stakeholders from every corner of the globe, the European Commission will hold an event featuring the importance of food security and the social dimension of fisheries. According to industry body Europêche, with thousands of seafood professionals all together the event provides an ideal platform to get Europe’s message on the three sustainability dimensions of fisheries management across with thousands of seafood professionals all together.

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Man Overboard Prevention and Recovery Workshop

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Man Overboard Prevention & Recovery Workshop aims to reduce the risk caused by people falling in the water on fishing vessels of all sizes. Fast moving sessions highlight the hard lessons learned from recent fatalities. Viable solutions are simple and effective. All sectors are invited to participate in this unique one day event that is being held at the Grand Harbour, Southampton UK on 17 April 2018.

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Building a sustainable future for the UK inshore sector, post-Brexit and beyond

Fishing into the Future, the South West-based UK charity for sustainable fishing, invites the fishermen of the future to attend its ground-breaking training programme, an Introduction to Sustainable Fishing. This is an all-expenses paid training opportunity for the fishing industry leaders of the future.

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Level lift is a lifesaver

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George West’s QUIKSLING goes back to his time on the Peterhead pilot boat and an incident when a number of men needed to be rescued quickly from the sea. As a result of that, he developed it as a device for safe recovery of casualties in the water, and this is now in increasingly widespread use with both fishing and oil industry vessels.

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