AMSEA Blog

In 2019, AMSEA distributed 74 Stormline™rain bibs with built-in flotation and Kent Safety Products Rogue™ vests to commercial fishermen attending Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor classes in Dillingham, Naknek and Togiak, Alaska. Both are non-Coast Guard approved personal flotation devices. Fishermen in these communities participate in Alaska's Bristol Bay gillnet salmon fishery. The following year, fishermen that received PFDs were surveyed to assess their usage of the PFDs an

The U.S. Coast Guard issued two new Marine Safety Information Bulletins (MSIBs) on January 19. The first was issued from District 17 and concerns notification requirements for vessel operators to immediately notify the Captain of the Port for their area of operation anytime a person onboard has an illness that may adversely affect the safety of a vessel or port facility is a hazardous condition as defined by 33 CFR 160.216. In addition, the State of Alaska requires that the n

Regular readers of this blog will know that wearing a PFD on deck is a frequent topic of discussion. Of course it is. Falls overboard are second only to vessel disasters as a cause of fishing related fatalities. But, it doesn't have to be that way. With that in mind, we're happy to see Groundfish Forum executive director, United Fishermen of Alaska board member, and chairman of the Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Advisory Committee, Chris Woodley, amplify that message in the