The funding is supported by European Fisheries Fund (EFF).<\/p>\n
Under the voluntary code, all vessels under 15m should be fitted with an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB), which transmits the position obtained from a built-in GPS receiver via satellite directly to rescue services so the vessel can be easily located during emergency situations. Under the same code, vessels 7m to 10m should also be fitted with emergency liferafts, which this initiative will go toward funding.<\/p>\n
The NFFO\u2019s Safety and Training Officer, Robert Greenwood, said: \u201cAnything we can do to minimise the cost to our members in the aim of improving safety is taken very seriously. Safety is often forgotten amongst the politics of fishing but for the NFFO improving safety is a key priority for all fishing vessels regardless of size.\u201d<\/p>\n
Currently the Code of Practice is voluntary, however the NFFO is encouraging all member vessels to meet its requirement now to ensure the safety of fishing crews and while the 70% funding is available. It is expected that these requirements will be incorporated into law and will become mandatory \u2013 meaning that they would no longer be eligible for funding from the EFF or future European Maritime and Fisheries Fund.<\/p>\n
David Fenner, Head of Fishing Vessel Safety at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, said: \u201cThe next version of the Small Fishing Vessel Code is planned to contain mandatory requirements for liferafts and Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons. Subject to the necessary consultation and Parliamentary process, it is expected that the new Code could come into force in 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fishing remains one of the most dangerous professions in the UK, with 84 fishermen losing their lives in the past 10 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The UK\u2019s National Federation of Fishermen\u2019s Organisations (NFFO) is offering funding which will allow all fishermen operating vessels under 15m to claim up to 70% of the cost to bring their vessel\u2019s safety up to the Voluntary Code of Practice standard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1573,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-1572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-safety-distress"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1574,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572\/revisions\/1574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1572"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=1572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}