Guidance

Single handed fishing

This guide highlights some of the risks that are greater if you fish on your own and what you can do about them.

Documents

Single handed fishing

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Details

By reading this document alongside the new Fishermen’s Safety Guide , it will help you identify hazards, assess risks and put in place control measures. It is not intended to be a definitive guide but to help you to conduct risk assessments and to improve safety on your vessel.

Printed copies

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The publication reference number MCA/276/2A can be quoted in any correspondence.

Updates to this page

Published 30 January 2020

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