AMSEA Blog

AMSEA has had strong interest in recreational boating safety classes throughout Southeast Alaska this year. Since April, we have...

AMSEA's summer edition of our newsletter, Marine Safety Update, is now available online. Click the newsletter or go to our Newsletters...

We just finished up a drill conductor training in Sitka and wanted to share some photos from the class that illustrate a typical,...

AMSEA Instructors, MIke Motti and Jerry Dzugan, had no one to train in Alaska this week because everyone in Alaska is out fishing or...

Mandatory Dockside Safety Examinations will be required for certain fishing vessels starting October 15, 2015. Read the attached letter...

The Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee (CFSAC), sponsored by the U.S. Coast Guard, will meet on September 15 & 16, 2015 in...

​ AMSEA will be offering another Marine Safety Instructor Training (MSIT) course in Sitka, Alaska from September 22-27. This is a...

AMSEA recently wrapped up another Marine Safety Instructor Training (MSIT) course; this time in Newcastle, Maine! Veteran instructor and...

The U.S. Coast Guard now has VHF Digital Selective Calling (DSC) capability with limited coverage in Southcentral and Southeast Alaska....

AMSEA's spring newsletter, Marine Safety Update, is available online! If you are interested in getting our newsletter right to your...

Coming up in April, we have Fishing Vessel Drill conductor workshops in the following ports: 4/1/2017 - Homer, AK 4/3/2017 - Monterey, CA...

AMSEA trains new instructors in our 48-hour, Marine Safety Instructor Training (MSIT) courses. We just wrapped up a course in Ketchikan...

For those interested in checking out AMSEA's work last fiscal year, check out our Annual Report. Available here: #annualreport

Over the past week, AMSEA's Training Coordinator, Rick Petersen, has been in Seward, Alaska training the next round of AMSEA Instructor...

AMSEA will be offering a Recreational Boating Course for Beginners in Sitka, Alaska beginning on May 18. Students new to boating are...

Kidde recalls Disposable Plastic Fire Extinguishers due to failure to discharge. A faulty valve component can cause the disposable fire...

Just a friendly reminder from Angus, poster boy of the Live to be Salty campaign, to wear your PFD. Check out livetobesalty.org to print...

While the NOA requirement changes only affect vessels over 300 Gross Tons, the new AIS requirements that previously only applied to...

Live to be Salty is a public awareness campaign developed by NIOSH. The campaign targets commercial fishermen, and those that serve the...

AMSEA's Training Coordinator, Rick Petersen, and Trainer, Eric Van Cise, talk to KCAW in Sitka about the expansion into Mariner's First...