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Book (stand-alone)Safety of fishermen (Tamil version) 2007
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“Safety First” is the slogan that the crew-members of any fishing vessel should keep in mind. “Safety” must be given top priority. Appropriate safety measures will save lives, protect vessels from damage, prevent serious injuries, protect the environment, and help maintain the fishing industry in a profitable manner. The owners, operators and skippers of all fishing vessels have a responsibility to train their crewmembers on “safety”. This manual provides a list of possible accidents t hat may occur onboard fishing vessels and useful tips and courses of action that may be taken in order to keep those accidents from happening. This manual has been compiled primarily for vessels of less than 24 metres in length where the skipper does not hold a certificate of competency or has limited vocational training. -
ProjectSafety at Sea - Safety Guide for Small Fishing Boats- BOBP/REP/112 2009
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No results found.Fishing is a very dangerous occupation with a high accident risk. Experience has shown that it is often when a fishery develops from traditional sail-powered craft and near shore fishing to motorized craft venturing further out to sea and with new fishing methods that accidents happen. In many developing countries, fibreglass reinforced plastic (FRP) boats are replacing traditional wooden boats and this new construction material requires new thinking when it comes to strength, stability and the ability to keep afloat when swamped. It is often difficult to do something about boats already in operation, but significant safety measures can be incorporated at relatively low cost in boats yet to be built. Close cooperation between the government departments responsible for safety legislation and the boatyards is required. The purpose of this safety guide is to present simple measures to ensure that new boats will satisfy internationally accepted safety standards. The target group c onsists of boat designers, boatbuilders, boat owners, skippers and government officials responsible for drafting new regulations and for safety supervision. This safety guide is not intended to be comprehensive and deal with all kinds of safety issues, but it will highlight the main problems and indicate what practical measures can be taken to avoid them. The guide mainly deals with small boats of less than 15min length, which, from experience are most prone to accidents. The Food and Agricu lture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) are working together to draft new safety recommendations for decked fishing boats of less than 12 m and undecked fishing boats of any length. This work is expected to be finalized by 2010. The present guide is a revision of BOBP/MAG/16: A safety guide for small offshore fishing vessels issued by the Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP) in 1993. The main chang e is that this publication not only focuses on small offshore fishing boats in the 10-13 m range, but also includes smaller coastal boats. The revision has benefited from recent work regarding the safety of small craft as given below. FAO/SIDA/IMO/BOBP-IGO -
ProjectSafety at Sea - A Safety Guide for Small Offshore Fishing Boats - BOBP/MAG/16 1993
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No results found.Small boats, less than 12 m in length, are not used in most countries to fish offshore for large pelagic species. That was the case in Shri Lanka too, upto around 1980. All the fishing there took place in coastal areas during the day or night and fishing trips never lasted more than 12 hours. That is not true any more. About 400 small decked boats of 9-11 m now venture out as far as 200 n miles from shore and stay at sea for upto ten days in search of tuna, shark and billfish The expansion of the offshore fisheries in Shri Lanka was, in many ways, hurriedly done, without the required upgrading of boat technology for boat and crew safety. These fishermen are still facing new challenges and do not have the experience to prevent breakdowns and, worse, losses at sea. The result is a relatively high accidentrate. Every year, an average of eight boats and around 30 men are lost at sea without trace.
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