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Proposed fishing vessels (codes of practice) regulations

A consultation on proposed measures to seek to improve safety for the UK fishing industry.

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Detail

This consultation seeks comments on draft codes of practice and regulations for fishing vessels.

The consultation will run for 12 weeks from 14 August 2015 to 6 November 2015. Please forward your responses by 6 November 2015 to;

Gareth Love
Maritime & Coastguard Agency
Spring Place, Bay 2/30
105 Commercial Road
Southampton
SO15 1EG

E-mail: gareth.love@mcga.gov.uk

The consultation has 9 annexes which are available for you to download.

Letter of Consultation - New Fishing Vessel Codes
Annex A - Draft SI Fishing Vessels (Code of Practice) Regulations
Annex B - MSN Small Fishing Vessel Code
Annex C - Draft Small Fishing Vessel Code
Annex D - Draft MSN 15-24m Fishing Vessel Code
Annex E - Draft 15-24 Fishing Vessel Code
Annex F - Draft MSN for 24m and Over Fishing Vessel Code
Annex G - Draft 24m and Over Fishing Vessel Code
Annex H - Fishing Vessel Codes IA Consultation
Annex I - List of Consultation Questions

Documents

Letter of Consultation - New Fishing Vessel Codesapplication/pdf Annex A - Draft SI Fishing Vessels (Code of Practice) Regulationsapplication/pdf Annex B - MSN Small Fishing Vessel Codeapplication/pdf Annex C - Draft Small Fishing Vessel Codeapplication/pdf Annex D - Draft MSN 15-24m Fishing Vessel Codeapplication/pdf Annex E - Draft 15-24 Fishing Vessel Codeapplication/pdf Annex F - Draft MSN for 24m and Over Fishing Vessel Codeapplication/pdf Annex G - Draft 24m and Over Fishing Vessel Codeapplication/pdf Annex H - Fishing Vessel Codes IA Consultationapplication/pdf Annex I - List of Consultation Questionsapplication/pdf Consultation comments on Fishing Vessels (Codes of Practice) Regulations and associated Merchant Shipping Noticesapplication/pdf

At a glance

Opened14 Aug 2015

Closes06 Nov 2015

First published14 Aug 2015

Last updated08 Dec 2016

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Organisations

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Topics

FishingUK economyBusiness and industry

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