Europêche representatives defended and promoted full respect for the social and labour rights of all fishing vessel’s crews and demanded that the same level of compliance must be required for all countries during the Tripartite Meeting on Issues Relating to Migrant Fishers held by the International Labour Organization (ILO) during the last week in Geneva.
When Life Cell inventor Scott Smiles went to sea for what was supposed to be a short pleasure trip, the result was far from what he had expected. Something went catastrophically wrong – and he and his friend Rick and their respective sons Riley and Ryan found themselves in the water, clinging to a cool box and having grabbed a hand-held radio from the boat before it went down.
The owner of a fishing vessel has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to two charges brought by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) for the unsafe operation of a fishing vessel and failing to ensure that the gas cooker was properly maintained.
A consortium of fisheries organisations, together with MEP Millán Mon has co-hosted a successful reception at the European Parliament to present the results of the EU SAFEFISHING project, designed to promote best safety practices and reduce the accident rate in the fishing sector.
As part of the preparation for the implementation of the ILO C188 Work in Fishing Convention, the first meeting of a special Fishing Industry Safety Group (FISG) to develop a voluntary safety management code was held at the NFFO office in York.
NFFO Safety and Training Officer and FISG Promotion of Safety chairman Robert Greenwood is encouraging fishermen to download the latest publication from the European Union on fishing safety.
Life Cell Marine Safety has been included in an initiative aiming to support local fishermen operating from coastal locations on the east coast of England between Hartlepool and Saltburn by the Sea, who have traditionally used the fishing grounds around the windfarm.
A group of Spanish fishing associations that are all members of ARVI (the Vigo Fishing Shipowners’ Cooperative) have unanimously approved a code of practice that incorporates the requirements of the International Labour Organisation’s C188 Work in Fishing convention.
Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, has joined forces with ‘All Aboard 2017’ to launch the new ‘Guide for Fishermen to Register Digital Safety Equipment with ComReg.’
A successful four-year scheme, run by the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF), to increase the use of safety devices, has now come to an end. Around 3500 personal flotation devices (PFDs) have been supplied to fishermen working on Scottish-registered boats.
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