Fishing Safety: Technical/OPerations (TOPs)
Terms of Reference
To debate, along with stakeholders, high level operational matters. Identify major fishing vessel Survey and Inspection issues and where possible resolve such issues or determine an approach by which resolution may be achieved; based on best practices and the individual expertise of the members and appropriate others. Agree united organisational support for issues that will lead to an improvement in fishing safety.
Background
With the development of the Strategy to cover all areas of work relating to fishing safety it was realised that a critical interface between the operations work and the industry was missing. Although there is an annual seminar for surveyors it was considered appropriate to open this up to include the Coastguard work and the forum of an operations group working as a sub group of FISG.
Group Representatives
This Group includes representatives from NFFO, SFF, NIFF, Seafish, MAIB, MCA, RNLI, Danbrit SM Ltd, South Coast Fishermens Council, Northern FPO, Fleetwood FPO and Consultee as appropriate
Chairman and Secretariat Details
Group Chair - Cedric Loughran (0151 9316613 )
Secretariat – Matt Giacomini (023 8032 9163)
Date of Meetings
Year | Date of Meeting 1 | Date of Meeting 2 |
2007-08 | 4 September 2007 | 12th February 2008 |
2008-09 | 2 September 2008 | 10 February 2009 |
2009-10 | 9 September 2009 | February 2010 |
2010-2011 | Septeber 2010 | February 2011 |
Technical/Operations/ Group Strategy
TASK | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
Surveys Surveys are undertaken in accordance with either:- 1. The Code of Safe Working Practice for the Construction and Use of 15 Metre Length Overall to less than 24 Metre Registered Length Fishing Vessels and the Torremolinos Protocol, or 2. The Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Rules 1975 as amended and The Code of Practice for 24m (RL) and Over Fishing Vessels (when consolidated). | Continue Survey Action. Review the use of “aides memoire” and the “Preparation for Survey” leaflet. Update and amend if required. | Continue Survey Action. Review the use of “aides memoire” and the “Preparation for Survey” leaflet. Update and amend if required. |
Inspections Inspections are undertaken in accordance with The Fishing Vessels Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels. (Merchant Shipping Notice; MSN 1756 (F)). The TOPs Sub Group will work with Industry and Defra: Marine Fisheries Agency (MFA) to endeavour to locate and inspect those under 15m fishing vessels that have not, but should have been, inspected within the five year period since initial registration.
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Planned number of inspections (Total split by region and size of vessel) See Box Below
| Continue Inspection Regime. |
International Liaison - through IMO and EC | Represent UK at IMO and EC Meetings | Represent UK at IMO and EC Meetings |
MAIB Casualty Recommendations | Discuss and consider MAIB recommendations within FISG fora. Monitor action and liaise with MAIB on progress and agreed action against their recommendations. Examine any trends arising from the reports and take any appropriate action as necessary. | Discuss and consider MAIB recommendations within FISG fora. Monitor action and liaise with MAIB on progress and agreed action against their recommendations. Examine any trends arising from the reports and take any appropriate action as necessary. |
Radio and Navigation Issues | Discuss these issues as necessary. (The Radio and Navigation Sub Group is currently inactive, but will be reconvened if deemed necessary). | Discuss these issues as necessary. (The Radio and Navigation Sub Group is currently inactive, but will be reconvened if deemed necessary).
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TASK | 2009-10 | 2010-11 |
Surveys Surveys are undertaken in accordance with either:- 1. The Code of Safe Working Practice for the Construction and Use of 15 Metre Length Overall to less than 24 Metre Registered Length Fishing Vessels and the Torremolinos Protocol, or 2. The Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Rules 1975 as amended and The Code of Practice for 24m (RL) and Over Fishing Vessels (when consolidated). | Continue Survey Action. Review the use of “aides memoire” and the “Preparation for Survey” leaflet. Update and amend if required. | Continue Survey Action. Review the use of “aides memoire” and the “Preparation for Survey” leaflet. Update and amend if required. |
Inspections Inspections are undertaken in accordance with The Fishing Vessels Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels. (Merchant Shipping Notice; MSN 1756 (F)). The TOPs Sub Group will work with Industry and Defra: Marine Fisheries Agency (MFA) to endeavour to locate and inspect those under 15m fishing vessels that have not, but should have been, inspected within the five year period since initial registration.
| Continue Inspection Regime.
| Continue Inspection Regime.
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International Liaison - through IMO and EC | Represent UK at IMO and EC Meetings | Represent UK at IMO and EC Meetings |
MAIB Casualty Recommendations | Discuss and consider MAIB recommendations within FISG fora. Monitor action and liaise with MAIB on progress and agreed action against their recommendations. Examine any trends arising from the reports and take any appropriate action as necessary. | Discuss and consider MAIB recommendations within FISG fora. Monitor action and liaise with MAIB on progress and agreed action against their recommendations. Examine any trends arising from the reports and take any appropriate action as necessary. |
Radio and Navigation Issues | Discuss these issues as necessary. (The Radio and Navigation Sub Group is currently inactive, but will be reconvened if deemed necessary). | Discuss these issues as necessary. (The Radio and Navigation Sub Group is currently inactive, but will be reconvened if deemed necessary). |
TASK | 2011-12 | Next Rolling Year |
Surveys Surveys are undertaken in accordance with either:- 1. The Code of Safe Working Practice for the Construction and Use of 15 Metre Length Overall to less than 24 Metre Registered Length Fishing Vessels and the Torremolinos Protocol, or 2. The Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Rules 1975 as amended and The Code of Practice for 24m (RL) and Over Fishing Vessels (when consolidated).
| Continue Survey Action. Review the use of “aides memoire” and the “Preparation for Survey” leaflet. Update and amend if required. | Continue Survey Action. Review the use of “aides memoire” and the “Preparation for Survey” leaflet. Update and amend if required. |
Inspections Inspections are undertaken in accordance with The Fishing Vessels Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels. (Merchant Shipping Notice; MSN 1756 (F)). The TOPs Sub Group will work with Industry and Defra: Marine Fisheries Agency (MFA) to endeavour to locate and inspect those under 15m fishing vessels that have not, but should have been, inspected within the five year period since initial registration.
| Continue Inspection Regime. | Continue Inspection Regime. |
International Liaison - through IMO and EC | Represent UK at IMO and EC Meetings
| Represent UK at IMO and EC Meetings |
MAIB Casualty Recommendations | Discuss and consider MAIB recommendations within FISG fora. Monitor action and liaise with MAIB on progress and agreed action against their recommendations. Examine any trends arising from the reports and take any appropriate action as necessary. | Discuss and consider MAIB recommendations within FISG fora. Monitor action and liaise with MAIB on progress and agreed action against their recommendations. Examine any trends arising from the reports and take any appropriate action as necessary. |
Radio and Navigation Issues | Discuss these issues as necessary. (The Radio and Navigation Sub Group is currently inactive, but will be reconvened if deemed necessary). | Discuss these issues as necessary. (The Radio and Navigation Sub Group is currently inactive, but will be reconvened if deemed necessary). |
Number of Fishing Vessel Inspections
Length | Location | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10
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Under 15 metres
| ScotNI
Eastern
Western
Total | 445
410
428
1283 | | | | |
| 15 - 24metres | ScotNI
Eastern
Western
Total | 175
25
37
237 | | | | |
| Over 24metres | ScotNI
Eastern
Western
Total | 33
18
39
90 | | | | |
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