Fishing safety guides and publications
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency produces a range of fishing safety publications and survey preparation guidance
Further safety information
Find more fishing safety information on the Home and Dry campaign website.
Home and Dry is a UK-wide commercial fishing safety campaign designed to connect and engage with fishermen on the issues of staying safe at sea.
From the Fishing Industry Safety Group (chaired by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency), the campaign is aimed at fishermen and offers safety information and resources and can help you access sea safety training, guidance and technical expertise to make fishing safer.
Fishermen's Safety Guide
This guide will help you identify hazards, assess risks and put in place control measures. It is not intended to be a definitive guide but to help you to conduct risk assessments and to improve safety on your vessel.
Prevent flooding on fishing vessels: guidance leaflet
This leaflet gives a checklist of what you can do to make sure your vessel is not at risk of flooding.
Potting and creeling safety: guidance leaflet
This leaflet gives a checklist of what you can do to make sure you are safe at sea when using ropes, pots and creels. It highlights the risks and encourages safe working practice on board fishing vessels.
Single handed fishing
By reading this document alongside the new Fishermen’s Safety Guide , it will help you identify hazards, assess risks and put in place control measures. It is not intended to be a definitive guide but to help you to conduct risk assessments and to improve safety on your vessel.
Fishing Vessel Stability Guidance
This guide provides advice on how to assess the stability of your vessel and a booklet is intended to help you understand the principles of stability, the associated risks and hazards and what you can do to minimise them