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This guidance provides details on how to conduct and record a risk assessment, and how safety management systems can help to improve safety on fishing vessels.
How to get statutory safety training and the certificates of competency you will need to work in the fishing industry.
How to apply for a commercial fishing licence for vessels over 10 metres
The UKSIA manages UK domestic fishing vessel access to non-UK waters and foreign vessel access to UK waters.
Register a vessel, get a licence entitlement and convert it to a licence
How data on landings statistics are collected and processed by fisheries administrations in the UK.
Form to obtain a certificate of registry from the UK maritime administration.
Use this form to apply for a licence for a British-registered fishing vessel.
New legislation (The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024) will make it a criminal offence for any recreational fishing vessel to target BFT in the UK without a permit.
Below are the construction standards for new fishing vessels less than 15m length overall which apply to new builds from 21 July 2020. Also contained in the page are marine information notes containing additional information relating to these standards.
Location: Brora, Scotland.
Check what safety requirements and insurance are needed to use a boat on UK rivers, canals, or at sea - boat safety certificates, safety regulations and equipment, disposing of old flares
How to comply with the living and working conditions requirements and responsibilities under ILO Work In Fishing Convention (ILO 188)
This page contains The Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels of less than 15m Length Overall and all associated information to be read alongside it.
All fishing vessels must carry out regular drills and record these. Drills may differ depending on whether the vessel is single handed or not.
All references to Area VII are to Area VII within British Fishery Limits only. Details of the approach to managing the over 15 metre Area VII crab and scallop fishing sector to keep the fishery within UK effort limits.
How different types of fishing gear must be marked, what you must do if you lose your fishing gear, how to report lost fishing gear.
How catch limits are set and how to get involved in setting them. This includes current catch limits and closed fishing areas.
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