FISH Platform meeting in South Africa on global fishing safety. The Fishing Industry Safety & Health (FISH) Platform has welcomed members from more than 10 countries at their meeting held […]
International Fund for Fishing Safety Supports Training In South Africa & Namibia The International Fund for Fishing Safety, (IFFS) has awarded the first grant to train and support fishing vessel […]
International Fund for Fishing Safety announces first funding round. Funding now available for organisations focused on reducing accidents and fatalities for fishers in the global South. The International Fund for […]
New Partnership to Improve Fishing Safety. The final day of Maritime Safety Week 2023 sees the launch of a new partnership to improve safety in commercial fishing. The partnership has […]
The Seafarers’ Charity to put fishing safety high on Parliamentarians’ agenda. In another key moment to mark Maritime Safety Week, and its commitment to supporting Safer Working Lives at Sea, […]
Northern Ireland set to improve fishing safety & supply chain transparency. The fishing fleet in Northern Ireland will benefit from a new Fishing First Safety Management project from The Seafarers’ […]
Seafarers’ Charity drives development of fishing safety management for UK fishing fleet. The Seafarers’ Charity – a leading provider of grants and support to the maritime community – has received […]
Seafood Cornwall Training survey on fishing safety. Seafood Cornwall Training (SCT) conducted a recent survey on fishing safety in a bid to find out what fishers and their families think […]
Jane Devereux appointed Wales Fishing Safety Project Officer, to support project to eliminate preventable fishing-related deaths. With a strong passion for health, welfare and safety, Jane Devereux has been appointed […]
EU seeks fishing safety agreement. The EU will encourage the ratification of the 2012 Cape Town Agreement on safety of fishing vessels at the Ministerial Conference on Safe and Legal […]
Scottish Fishing Safety Group created – Fisheries Secretary Fergus Ewing has announced the creation of a group to advise on health and safety on Scottish commercial fishing vessels. Speaking at […]
Innovative stability monitor launched that enhances the safety of fishing vessels, is now available for fishermen throughout the UK, Ireland, and other European countries. Developed by Hook Marine Ltd, the […]
Tackling Fishing Safety – Commercial fishing is one of the world’s most dangerous professions yet the internationally-binding instrument which specifically addresses fishing vessel safety, the Cape Town Agreement, is not […]
The public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood industry, Seafish appoints a Fishing Safety Officer to work with the Welsh fishing fleet. Lee Haigh is the new Seafish Wales […]
Animation helps spread the message that ‘safety is better shared’. Two well-known UK fishermen have lent their support to the new Home & Dry fishing safety campaign, which aims to […]
PSS launches fishing port safety project. Port Skills and Safety Ltd (PSS) has launched a project aimed at improving safety for fishers using UK ports. The project, supported by a […]
Inmarsat fishing for root causes on safety incidents. By Peter Broadhurst, Inmarsat Maritime Senior Vice President of Safety and Security. Fishing continues to be one of the most dangerous professions […]
Seeking a sea-change in the safety of commercial fishing: UK fishing industry reps and MPs convene at APPG on Fisheries event. Fostering a culture of safety in the fishing industry […]