NEW! Safety Issues Investigation into Fishing Safety in Canada
NEW! The most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) fatality and injury reports are now available for 2009 and 2010.
NIOSH has created and maintains the Commercial Fishing
Incident Database (CFID), a surveillance system for
workplace fatalities in the commercial fishing industry in
the United States.
A review of the data from 2000-2009
found that:
• 504 commercial fishermen died while fishing in the
United States
• More than half of all fatalities (261, 52%) occurred
after a vessel disaster
• Another 155 (31%) fatalities occurred when a
fisherman fell overboard
• Another 51 (10%) fatalities resulted from an injury
onboard
• The remaining 37 (7%) fatalities occurred while diving
or from onshore injuries
Data for specific regions:
New England
West Coast
Mid-South Atlantic
Gulf
Alaska
New! NTSB FORUM ON FISHING VESSEL SAFETY October 2010. All presentations and background material can be obtained at the forum website.
New! USCG "Best Practices Guide to Vessel Stability - Guiding Fishermen Safety Into the Future"
New! "A Systematic Study of Wave Phasing on Righting Arm Curves for Fishing Vessesl" by John Womach and Bruce Johnson.
cideOTHER USEFUL SITES
Testimony on Fishing Vessel Safety / rch
before Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation
August 2, 1983
Statement for the Record / rch
for the hearing above, August 2, 1983
Compete IFISH I Proceedings—2000
NIOSH Safety and Health: Commercial Fishing Safety (links to all IFISH conferences)
Fishing Vessel Safety in the United States
The Tragedy of Missed Opportunities
by Richard C. Hiscock
A brief history of Fishing Vessel Safety in the U.S.
Presented at IFISH I, Woods Hole, MA, October 2000
Toward Improving the Impact of C&V Surveys on the Safety of Crews of U.S. Commercial Fishing Vessels
by
Timothy R. McHugh, Esq. & Richard C. Hiscock, 2000
US Fisheries, too many casualties
by Menakhem Ben-Yami
SAFETY & HEALTH IN THE FISHING INDUSTRY
ILO meeting on Safety & Health,Geneva, Dec. 1999
Triangle of Safety
by Tim Clepper, USCG FV Examiner SE Alaska
Despite law, fishermen face deadliest job risks
USA Today—G. Stoller 03/12/2003
Dangers of the Deep
By Alex Markels
U.S. News & World Report
May 23, 2005
Salt in Our Blood: The Memoir of a Fisherman's Wife
In 2000, Michele Longo Eder began a journal to record what daily life was like for her while her husband and sons were out commercial fishing off the coasts of Oregon, Washington, and northern California. But personal tragedy struck just before Christmas 2001. This book is an offer of healing to her family, her community, and to fishing families everywhere.
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger is not only a harrowing tail, but a wonderful history of the New England fishery. I highly recommend the book. As far as the movie goes, "Any resemblance to the book is purely coincidental."
20th Anniversary of the Perfect Storm articles from the Gloucester Times and The Cape Cod Times on
Could your pump handle it? flooding that is. Article from Commercial Fisheries News, Nov. 1982.
Unacceptable Risk: Why Commercial Fishing Is the Deadliest Job in America By Kalee Thompson in Popular Mechanics
FISHING VESSEL CASUALTY REPORTS
NEW! Lessons Learned. The loss of the Costa & Corvo Night Shift -
A broken autopilot and sudden loss of stability leave a fishing vessel’s crew fatally shorthanded.
NEW! Analysis of Fishing Vessel Casualties
A Review of Lost Fishing Vessels and Crew Fatalities, 1992 - 2010
Analysis of Fishing Vessel Casualties
A Review of Lost Fishing Vessels and Crew Fatalities, 1992 - 2007
Analysis of Fishing Vessel Casualties
A Review of Lost Fishing Vessels and Crew Fatalities, 1994 - 2004
ALTAIR & AMERICUS (02/14/1983)
ALEUTIAN ENTERPRISE (03/22/1990)
ANDREA GAIL (10/30/1991)
LINDA E | LINDA E | LINDA E | LINDA E (12/11/1998)
BETH DEE BOB (01/06/199) CAPE FEAR (01/09/1999) ADRIATIC (01/18/1999)
Fishing Vessel Casualty Task Force Report - 1999
TWO FRIENDS (01/25/2000)
GALAXY (10/20/2002)
LADY OF GRACE (01/27/2007)
LADY LUCK (01/31/2007)
ALASKA RANGER (03/23/2008) NTSB / USCG
Kalee Thompson's recently released book on the ALASKA RANGER Deadliest Sea - The Untold Story Behind the Greatest Rescue in Coast Guard History
PATRIOT (01/03/2009)
LADY MARY NTSB brief (03/24/2009)
KATMAI USCG / NTSB (10/22/2008)
F/V ARCTIC ROSE (04/02/2001)
MARINE BOARD REPORT
Observations on Recommendation One / rch
Seattle Times Article | Seattle Times Editorial
Seattle P-I Article | Seattle P-I Editorial
Coast Guard ‘wimped out’ with safety plan, …
USAToday, Gary Stoller 01-14-2004
No Survivors
A fishing vessel
meets a mysterious end
in the Bering Sea. (From Proceedings Summer 2010.)
Alaska Fisherman’s Journal - April 2004
AN OPEN DOOR TO TRAGEDY
THE UNANSWERED QUESTION
TEN TONS OF MISUNDERSTANDING
STABILITY CHART
CASE CLOSED? (Editorial)
New!"Time to Flood Analysis For the Fisihng Vessel ARCTIC ROSE" by Bruce Johnson and George Borlease
FROM THE 1950s
GUDRUN Jan 1951 ( loss of 15)
PAOLINA 1952
