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.
Fishing industry figures welcomed the French government demand for more socially sustainable fisheries policies at a seminar held this week, organised by the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) in the framework of the European Shipping Week.
According to Ari Gudmundsson, FAO Senior Fishery Officer, fishing is often characterised by the lack of a safety culture, attributable not only to technical elements of vessel design, construction and equipment, but also to a number of social and economic factors.
A fishing vessel owner has been handed a 12-month sentence for fishing safety offences, plus a 3-month suspended sentence.
The NFFO is encouraging fishing vessel owners to make use of the EMFF funds not only to gain early minimum compliance with the upcoming codes but to improve the vessel safety beyond that which is required.
Anti-piracy patrols off the coast of Somalia has a crucial role to play in keeping both merchant shipping and fishing vessels safe on waters off Eastern Africa, and efforts are also made to meet and local fishermen.
A new pilot training course for fishermen aimed at preventing man overboard incidents and improving survival and recovery procedures has been completed at the RNLI’s Training College in Poole, Dorset.
A beam trawler from Belgium is reported to have capsized last night off the English coast north-east of Ramsgate.
The French Navy has decided to withdraw the armed anti-piracy teams it has deployed on board French tuna vessels operating in waters around the Seychelles for the past few years.
Life Cell Marine Safety has announced that it buoyancy device, Life Cell, has achieved SOLAS certification. The certificate of Type Approval as a Novel Life-Saving Appliance was granted by Lloyds Register under the IMO resolution A.580 (13) and the LSA code regulation I/1.2.
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