Safe Out, Safe Home: A Safety Guide for New Fishing Crew

In this publication, risk management and effective teamwork are effectively explained through dramatic illustration and crew dialogue. The book informs all levels of a ship’s crew, both consolidating and introducing key training information. It guides readers through the basic familiarisation procedures with which they should be familiar on any fishing boat, including safety clothing, fire drills and giving first aid. It ensures crew are safe on both legs of a fishing trip and during the fishing itself.

1. Joining the Boat for the First Time – Time to get Familiar
2. Sea Survival – Give Yourself a Fighting Chance
3. Fire! Find – Inform – Restrict – Evacuate
4. Accidents and the Right Response
5. Process the Catch, Not the Crew
6. Protecting Your Personal Equipment with Personal Protective Equipment
7. Working the Freezer Hold and Not Getting Frozen
8. Keeping Safe in a Confined Space
9. Working on Deck and Not Getting Decked
10. And Making Sure You Don’t Poison the Fish
11. Finally, Get Ready for Sea and Catch Some Fish

NorthStandard

NorthStandard is one of the leading providers of global marine insurance products and services across the maritime industries. Established through the merger of North P&I Club and the Standard Club in February 2023, NorthStandard brings together over 300 years of marine insurance heritage.

From headquarters in the UK and with offices throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas, NorthStandard offers a unique blend of worldwide presence and class-leading expertise across multiple specialist areas, including P&I, FD&D, War Risks, Strike & Delay, Hull and Machinery and ancillary insurance. Its Sunderland Marine and Coastal & Inland divisions also provide cover for owners’ fixed premium P&I, fishing vessels, inland waterway and coastal trading vessels and aquaculture. NorthStandard’s comprehensive local market and sector knowledge is underpinned by continuous investments in market-leading digital technologies.

NorthStandard is a leading member of the International Group of P&I Clubs (IG) and is fully committed to upholding the shared objectives of its 12 independent member clubs, which provide liability cover for approximately 90% of the world’s ocean-going tonnage.

Sunderland Marine

Established in 1882 in Sunderland, we are now based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne following the 2014 merger with global marine mutual insurer, North P&I. The merger formed the North Group, which now underwrites our Owners’ P&I, Fishing, Coastal and other Specialist Vessels Insurance and Aquaculture products under the Sunderland Marine brand name.

North P&I is authorised by the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority and is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. North has offices and subsidiaries in Australia and New Zealand, Hong Kong and Shanghai, Greece, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, and the USA. It has a S&P Global ‘A’ rating.

North P&I and Sunderland Marine’s business in the EEA is underwritten by North of England P&I Designated Activity Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of North incorporated in Ireland and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.

Find out more at: https://www.sunderlandmarine.com/about-sunderland-marine/