The owner of a small fishing vessel has been fined a total of £15,628 after being prosecuted by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency for operating an unsafe vessel and failing to comply with the small fishing vessel code of practice.
A first vessel detention has taken place under the International Labour Organisation Work in Fishing Convention that came into force last year. The 380gt vessel was detained in Cape Town following inspections and complaints made by the crew.
Participants in a side event on social issues held during the current 33rd session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) session have made clear that despite the progress in health and safety operations, insufficient attention has been given by governments to the implementation of essential principles of international law for the protection of fishing people, making fishing remain a hazardous activity.
Project SeSafe, funded by the FRDC, AMSA, and the commercial fishing industry, commenced this year in early March. The project is designed to raise awareness and improve safety performance in the Australian fishing and aquaculture industry, by aiming for zero deaths at sea, a significant reduction in workplace injuries, and 100% compliance with safety regulations.
Welsh vessel owners have an extra month to apply for discounted Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs).
Life Cell Marine Safety is proud to announce that boating industry in the United States has chosen Life Cell as a 2018 Top Product.
Dutch company Pronomar, which specialises in supplying drying systems for work gear, such as oilskins, boots, gloves and other PPE, has seen interest growing in the company’s systems and has been increasingly supplying fishing vessels.
Fishermen from all over the UK are being invited to participate in research trials with the SeaWise stability monitor and play their part in improving safety at sea.
Contrary to the claims of numerous reports that working unsocial hours can result in illness, a new report shows that this doesn’t apply to Faroese fishermen – even though they routinely work 84-hour weeks for three months at a stretch.
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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