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.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Published: 30 January 2020

Documents

Single handed fishing

Ref: MCA/276/2A

PDF, 2.44 MB, 4 pages

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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.

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Printed copies can be ordered for free online from the MCA’s Safety materials ordering service.

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

Published 30 January 2020