Fishery

Carnival expects net loss in fiscal year as a result of COVID-19

Global cruise giant Carnival Corporation expects net loss results of operations for the fiscal year ending 30 November 2020, as a result of the disruptions brought by COVID-19 pandemic.

The Corporation believes the ongoing effects of COVID-19 on its operations and global bookings will have a material negative impact on its financial results and liquidity.

As a result, Carnival said it is taking additional actions to improve its liquidity, including capital expenditure and expense reductions, and...

https://safety4sea.com/carnival-expects-net-loss-in-fiscal-year-as-a-result-of-covid-19/

UK MAIB: Lessons learned on the importance of passage planning

Following investigation on the grounding and loss of fishing vessel Coelleira off Scotland, UK MAIB issued a safety flyer to the fishing industry sharing key lessons learned on the importance of passage planning to safe navigation.

The incident

At about 0124 on 4 August 2019, while on passage from fishing grounds, the 30m long-liner Coelleira grounded on Ve Skerries, a group of low-lying reefs 3nm north-west of Papa Stour on the west coast of Shetland, Scotland.

The vessel’s 15 crew quickly...

https://safety4sea.com/uk-maib-lessons-learned-on-the-importance-of-passage-planning/

Precautions for vessels sailing and around Ningbo-Zhoushan, China

Given that the fishing season in the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port area will start soon, the Liberian Registry issued guidance of shipping stakeholders to assist Liberian flagged vessels and provide additional information to assist Master’s in safely navigating highly congested waters off Ningbo-Zhoushan in the East China Sea.

First of all, it is advised that vessels should as far as possible alter the ship’s course to avoid and maintain safe distance from areas with heavy concentration of fishing...

https://safety4sea.com/precautions-for-vessels-sailing-and-around-ningbo-zhoushan-china/

Three States sign the Torremolinos Declaration

Three countries, Bulgaria, Poland and Portugal, signed the “Torremolinos Declaration” in efforts to ratify the Cape Town Agreement by the tenth anniversary of its adoption (11 October 2022), and to combat illegal unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU).

During a European Union High-level Ministerial Maritime Conference in Croatia, 10-11 March, the participants along with the IMO Secretary General, Kitack Lim, noted the importance of bringing the Cape Town Agreement into force.

To remind, the...

https://safety4sea.com/three-states-sign-the-torremolinos-declaration/

UK: Possibility of fishermen facing trading friction with EU

The UK’s Environment Secretary, George Eustice, reported that British firms exporting their fish out of the country will experience some friction after the post-Brexit transmission period.

Specifically, the Environment Secretary stated that companies may need to fill in health and catch certificates when selling into the EU’s market, yet he supported that the UK has a ‘strong hand’ over access to its fishing waters in a deal with the EU.

The UK asks for access to its fishing waters for EU vessels...

https://safety4sea.com/uk-possibility-of-fishermen-facing-trading-friction-with-eu/

Fishing vessels in Antarctic fail safety checks, report finds

Fishing cargo vessels operating in Antarctic waters are failing a majority of their safety inspections, Greenpeace International announced after analyzing PSC inspection records. The 26 reefers recorded transferring catch from fishing boats in the Antarctic in the period 2017-2019 failed 70% – 119 out of 168 – of their environmental and workers’ safety inspections in the same period, the organization said.

The Greenpeace International report ‘Fishy Business’ maps out the world of ‘transshipment’...

https://safety4sea.com/fishing-vessels-in-antarctic-fail-safety-checks-report-finds/

Finland joins Cape Town Agreement on fishing vessel safety

Finland is the latest country to join the Cape Town Agreement concerning fishing vessel safety, in efforts to bring mandatory safety measures for fishing vessels of 24 m in length and over.

Specifically, H.E. Mr. Markku Keinänen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Finland to IMO, met IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim to deposit the instrument of accession, at IMO Headquarters, London, on February 18.

It is stated that Finland’s accession follows IMO’s Conference on fishing vessel safety in...

https://safety4sea.com/finland-joins-cape-town-agreement-on-fishing-vessel-safety/

Amazon’s pink dolphins under threat

According to Reuters, the Amazon river dolphin known as pink dolphin located in Brazil, is under threat since fishermen are hunting and killing them illegally by making them bait for a catfish called piracatinga, which gathers fish that demand high prices in the city.

As the legal ban upon fishing the piracatinga ended last month, environmentalists and researchers are prompting calls for its renewal, so as to stop pink dolphins’s being vulnerable.

Speaking of urgent calls, the biologist Vera da...

https://safety4sea.com/amazons-pink-dolphins-under-threat/

Remotely piloted aircraft system used for fisheries surveillance

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) is collaborating with the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) providing additional surveillance capacity through a remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS).

Specifically, EFCA is looking for additional ways to improve its fisheries control. Now, EMSA provided a quadcopter for flights taking off from EFCA’s chartered offshore patrol vessel, the Lundy Sentinel, and operating over areas of interest in the Mediterranean Sea, western waters of the...

https://safety4sea.com/remotely-piloted-aircraft-system-used-for-fisheries-surveillance/

Nautilus applauds UK for ratifying the MLC for fishing

Nautilus International applauded the enforcement of the ‘Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) for fishing’ for providing decent working conditions for the fishing industry and protecting those working in the sector.

Specifically, the ILO 188 entitles all workers in the industry to written terms and conditions of employment, decent accommodation and food, medical care, regulated working time, repatriation, social protection and health and safety on board. Also, the convention sets minimum standards...

https://safety4sea.com/nautilus-applauds-uk-for-ratifying-the-mlc-for-fishing/

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