Safety & Distress

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new European initiative to create a common standard for basic fisheries training has been launched, aiming to improve safety at sea, strengthen workforce skills and enhance labour mobility across the EU fishing industry.

15th July 2026

WaveForward modernises EU fisheries training

15th July 2026

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

Wagner Fire Safety joins the growing number of companies from Norway exhibiting at IceFish.

22nd June 2026

Norway fire safety firm at IceFish

22nd June 2026

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

Businesses whose livelihoods depend on fishermen returning safely to port have rallied behind a new fishing safety campaign, calling for personal safety at sea to be treated as a shared responsibility across…

12th February 2026

Industry backs UK fishing safety campaign

12th February 2026

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

Fishers across the UK are being urged to sign up for essential safety training designed to save lives and prevent serious incidents at sea, as new Man Overboard Awareness sessions are rolled…

4th February 2026

UK training targets fishing fatalities

4th February 2026

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

With fisheries and aquaculture facing mounting pressure to improve safety, sustainability and transparency, digital technologies are moving rapidly from pilot projects into everyday operations. Seafood and Fisheries Emerging Technologies’ (SAFET’s) latest report,…

22nd January 2026

How the Fourth Industrial Revolution is reshaping fisheries and aquaculture

22nd January 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Oak Foundation has awarded US$400,000 to the International Fund for Fishing Safety (IFFS) to promote fisher safety in seven new regions.

20th January 2026

Fishing safety fund secures $400,000 to expand into seven new regions

20th January 2026

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Seafood Task Force (STF) has begun an 18-month pilot project meant to give migrant tuna fishers a way to report abuse without risking their jobs or their safety.

5th December 2025

Tuna crews gain new welfare lifeline

5th December 2025

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

UK-registered charity the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) and tech company Zeal Industries have partnered to support the innovation, field-testing and development of new applications of wearable technologies geared towards small-scale fisheries.

9th September 2025

IPNLF, Zeal team up in small-scale sea safety and traceability drive

9th September 2025

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

A new safety film has been launched to help fishermen prepare for one of the most dangerous emergencies at sea – man overboard recovery.

3rd July 2025

WATCH: New fishing safety film tackles man overboard recovery

3rd July 2025

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

With heart disease now one of the leading causes of death at sea, a new initiative by Seafarers Hospital Society (SHS) is working to safeguard the health of UK fishermen through the…

13th June 2025

WATCH: Defibrillators deployed to protect fishers

13th June 2025

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Safety equipment supplier Wescom Group has launched its new sMRT V300 Class M Man Overboard device, a compact unit that combines AIS, DSC, 121.5MHz and GNSS technology.

19th March 2025

Wescom unveils new man overboard beacon

19th March 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Two prominent UK fishermen are lending their voices to the new Home & Dry fishing safety campaign, designed to reduce the number of man overboard (MOB) incidents.

27th February 2025

WATCH: Fishermen back campaign to prevent MOB

27th February 2025

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

Seafish has teamed up with the RNLI to deliver vital training aimed at reducing the risk of fishermen falling overboard and improving their survival chances if they do.

22nd January 2025

Seafish and RNLI launch survival training

22nd January 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Global maritime network Stella Maris marked World Fisheries Day (21 November 2024) with the announcement that more than 32,000 fishers in Thailand and Kenya are to benefit from targeted safety training thanks…

25th November 2024

Thai, Kenyan fishing safety boost

25th November 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Kongsberg Digital has concluded a new project funded by FHF (the Norwegian Seafood Research Fund) for the development of its K-Sim Fishery simulator to incorporate a new purse seine application. The new…

17th May 2024

Enhanced simulator improves safety and prevents fish loss

17th May 2024

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch has warned skippers of the potential dangers of derrick head quick-release mechanisms after the death of a deckhand on board a scallop dredger in October 2023.

8th February 2024

MAIB issues derrick advice after fatal injury

8th February 2024

OPINION

OPINION

Fishing continues to be one of the most dangerous professions globally with thousands of fishers estimated to lose their lives every year. However, safety incidents remain significantly underreported, which assuredly masks the…

1st December 2023

Opinion: Fishing for root causes on safety incidents

1st December 2023

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Inmarsat Maritime, part of the Viasat global communications company, has won the 2023 International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) Award for Innovation and Technology in Maritime Search and Rescue. 

19th October 2023

Inmarsat lands search and rescue award

19th October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new commercial fishing safety campaign is underway to reduce fatalities and accidents within the UK’s small fishing vessel fleet. 

3rd April 2023

Fishing vessel skippers lead safety drive

3rd April 2023

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

Northern Ireland’s fishing fleet is set to benefit from a new project assessing vessels’ safety management systems.

31st March 2023

NI project to assess safety on board

31st March 2023