fishing risks
Fight Fatigue
When it comes to fishing being fatiguing, most fishermen would say “Tell me something I didn’t already know!”
Fatigue and fishing go hand-in-hand. Despite being a reality, there are meaningful ways to manage the risk.
Fish Safe has created this section on our website to give fishermen some handy, practical tools and information to help manage fatigue while fishing.
Downloadable Tools
Wheelhouse Fatigue Checklist
Use this checklist to help you identify the signs of fatigue in you and your crew and how to manage the risk
Alert - asleep at the wheel - when fatigue catches up
16 groundings in less than 2 months lead to this 2015 US Coast Guard bulletin and recommendations for managing fatigue risks.
Bulletin - the dangers of fatigue in the workplace
What is fatigue really? What are the effects? What can you do about it? Find out in this handy guide.
Work Schedules and Fatigue
To manage fatigue, the entire time a worker has to be awake should be considered, not just the time spent working. That, along with other important considerations are provided in this bulletin.
Transport Canada Fatigue Management Training
Learn what Transport Canada wants seafarers to know about the risk of fatigue and how to combat it.
Fatigue in the News - Reports, Research and Investigations
NTSB: Sleep deprivation, ‘derby-style fishing’ before California crabber grounded
Sleep deprivation is something that all mariners but especially commercial fishermen have to deal with.
Fatigue in Commercial Fishing. 2018 Survey Results
Maritime New Zealand published the results of a relatively recent survey. Find out what these fishermen know about fatigue and what they’re doing to manage it.
TSB Investigation: Viking Storm and Fishing vessel Maverick
Find out how fatigue contributed to the collision between two fishing vessels and subsequent loss of life.
TSB Investigation: Nathan E. Stewart
Although not involving a fishing vessel, the fatigue-related factors at play in this incident can benefit any mariner.