Fishing at sea remains one of the most dangerous professions in the UK, with fatal accidents in 2014 already jumping up 25 per cent on last year. MAIB’s Safety Digests provide anonymous case studies on the latest marine accident investigations and share useful information on how to avoid repeating the same misfortunes as others.
The NFFO’s Safety and Training Officer, Robert Greenwood, wrote an introduction for the Fishing Vessel section and said: “One of the best learning mechanisms is reviewing previous mistakes and understating how to avoid them next time. However, such is the danger at sea that sometimes there isn’t a next time. We would urge anyone who takes safety at sea seriously to read these free digests and learn from the misfortune of others, rather than becoming doomed to repeat their mistakes.”
In the last ten years there have been almost 3,500 accidents in the fishing industry with 94 lives lost.
By Jake Frith
