Closed consultation

Consultation on the proposed amendments to Marine Guidance Note (MGN) 588

From:
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Published
11 June 2021
Last updated
11 June 2021 — See all updates

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Summary

This consultation seeks comments on a draft of MGN 588 Amendment No.1 (F): compulsory provision and wearing of personal floatation devices on fishing vessels. This is intended to replace MGN 588 (F).

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Consultation description

MGN 588 (F): Compulsory Provision and Wearing of Personal Floatation Devices (PFDs) on Fishing Vessels, sets out requirements surrounding the provision and wearing of PFDs on fishing vessels and the duties of owners, skippers and fishermen under Convention 188 - International Labour Organisation Convention on Work in Fishing (ILO188).

This amendment proposes to alter the text of MGN 588 to highlight the performance levels of PFDs and minimum accepted performance levels for inflatable PFDs on fishing vessels. It specifies that PFDs with secondary donning are not acceptable, and that PFDs must always be worn in accordance with the manufacturer’s instruction, for example with regard to crotch straps. The amendment also specifies the acceptability of other types of wearable buoyancy devices.

We ask you to complete the response and feedback forms below and send them back to the email address detailed in the forms.

Documents

Consultation letter

PDF, 116 KB, 3 pages

MGN 588 Amendment 1

PDF, 188 KB, 6 pages

Consultation feedback form

MS Word Document, 26.6 KB

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Updates to this page

Published 11 June 2021
Last updated 11 June 2021 + show all updates

  1. Correcting the page and document title from MGN 558 to MGN 588

  2. First published.

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