The fishing fleet in Northern Ireland will benefit from a new Fishing First Safety Management project from The Seafarers’ Charity.
The Northern Ireland Fishing First project is set to benefit fishing vessel owners and crew in Northern Ireland. The project is led by Anglo-North Irish Fish Producers’ Organisation (ANIFPO) and Northern Ireland Fish Producers’ Organisation (NIFPO).
This new project from The Seafarers’ Charity builds on the 2021 Fishing First Safety Management project in the Southwest of England which improved the safety management practices of 50 fishing vessels. Fishing First Safety Management is a bespoke auditable safety management system for a fishing vessel which evidences compliance with legislation in respect of the management of health, safety and welfare onboard the vessel. The project makes use of the SafetyFolder to build an onboard safety management system which can be audited. The bespoke nature of the service makes it suitable for all vessel sizes and gear types.
This new project in Northern Ireland will audit up to 30 vessels’ safety management systems. In an addition to the original South West project, the Northern Ireland project will focus on increasing supply chain transparency for retailers and develop and test a new country-wide mechanism to identify and manage crew grievances.