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Jul 17, 20171 min read

Outdoor Survival Camp 2017

This past Friday, we completed our week-long, children’s Outdoor Survival Camp. It was a pleasure to see the enthusiasm that youngsters...

Jun 5, 20171 min read

Become a Marine Safety Instructor!

Would you like to teach marine safety skills to commercial fishermen and other mariners? If you answered with an enthusiastic “yes”, then...

May 30, 20171 min read

U.S. Coast Guard Reminds Paddlers to Stay Safe Around Vessel Traffic

Many of us dream of paddling our kayaks in pristine, wilderness waters, far from civilization and motorized vessels. However, it's likely...

May 16, 20171 min read

June 2017 Trainings for Commercial Fishermen

We have a full slate of trainings for commercial fishermen in June. We're still making classes for June. So, check the website later if...

May 6, 20172 min read

Online Educator's Cold-Water Safety & Survival Course in September

Editor's Note: The photo's in this gallery are from a recent cold-water safety and survival training for third-graders in the Sitka...

May 5, 20171 min read

MSIT in Seward, Alaska

April 30 marked the conclusion of our Marine Safety Instructor Training at AVTEC in Seward, Alaska. The class was well attended and we...

Apr 21, 20171 min read

April Newsletter

Our latest newsletter is out! In this issue read all about: Man-Overboard Retrieval Devices Recent NIOSH Safety Research Risk Reduction...

Apr 14, 20171 min read

May F/V Drill Conductor Workshops

May is shaping up to be a very busy month for training. Below are the Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor workshops we have scheduled so far....

Apr 13, 20171 min read

Free F/V Drill Conductor Workshop in Anchorage

AMSEA will be conducting a Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor Workshop in Anchorage on May 6 & 7. Like all of our F/V Drill Conductor...

Mar 8, 20171 min read

Northern California F/V Drill Conductor Workshops

This is a group photo from our most recent Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor workshop in San Francisco. If you fish in Northern California,...

Mar 6, 20171 min read

OSU Studies Safety Programs at Alaskan Seafood Processing Plants

The Oregon State University (OSU) is researching worker safety programs at seafood processing plants in Alaska. The purpose of the...

Feb 7, 20171 min read

That's How You Make a MAYDAY Call

Audio: F/V Coastal Reign MAYDAY Call Click the link above to hear a good example of a well-executed MAYDAY call. According to KOIN 6...

Feb 6, 20171 min read

USCG Releases Completed Voluntary Safety Initiatives and Good Marine Practices for Comm. Fishing

Back in November we discussed the U.S. Coast Guard's Voluntary Safety Initiatives and Good Marine Practices for Commercial Fishing...

Jan 27, 20172 min read

GAO Forum on Classification Standards for Commercial Fishing Vessels

Are you considering the construction of a new commercial fishing boat? Have you built a boat since the classification standards...

Jan 27, 20171 min read

Staying "Upright & Watertight"

AMSEA’s Executive Director, Jerry Dzugan, has recently been in New Bedford, Massachusetts to teach a Stability Awareness & Damage Control...

Dec 20, 20161 min read

AMSEA Fall Newsletter

With one day left in the season, you can still read our Fall Newsletter ahead of the Winter Solstice. In this issue: USCG "Good Marine...

Nov 7, 20162 min read

Coast Guard Releases Voluntary Safety Initiative for Commercial Fishing Vessels

This past week, the U.S. Coast Guard released a new voluntary program replacing the existing Alternate Safety Compliance Program (ASCP)....

Sep 23, 20161 min read

Sitka Marine Safety Instructor Training

This week AMSEA staff are busy with a Marine Safety Instructor Training (MSIT) in Sitka. The Sitka MSIT is an annual event and this year...

Sep 22, 20161 min read

Summer 2016 Marine Safety Update

It might be the first day of autumn, but that doesn't mean that it's too late to find out what we've been up to at AMSEA this past...

Aug 25, 20161 min read

MSIT in Newport Beach, CA

Jerry Dzugan and Jenna Rockwell are teaching a Marine Safety Instructor Training (MSIT) in Newport Beach, California to trainers in...

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