Welcome to Seafish Marine Services

As part of Seafish, the primary function of Seafish Marine Services is to uphold and improve the level of safety at sea within the fishing industry. Our marine survey team offers a comprehensive range of services, not just to the fishing sector, but to boat builders and prospective boat owners in general. Services include the survey and certification of fishing boats and workboats up to 24m registered length, consultancy, LSA inspections, condition surveys, re-measurement and tonnage calculation.

As a foundation for the certification process, Marine Services has its own set of Construction Standards which are widely used throughout the UK and international maritime community. In addition, Marine Services regularly embarks upon projects aimed at improving safety on board vessels, details of which can be viewed on this website, and the Kingfisher team within Marine Services also provides a service offering information on sub-sea hazards.
Marine Survey - Certification - Consultancy - Re-measurement & Tonnage Calculation - Safety at Sea
Please visit the Marine Services fishing and code vessel forum for information and discussions. If you wish to submit topics for discussion or post replies to existing topics, you will be required to register your details.
 

In force as of 16 July is the new Code of Practice for Small Fishing Vessels MSN 1813 (F) - a revision of the 2001 Code of Practice. The original code has been refined and developed to address changes to the small fishing vessel sector and ultimately to improve safety levels. For more information, please visit our News page.
A Starter Pack is now available online for builders new to Seafish. The pack contains a number of relevant forms and copies of our Construction Standards. Simply click on the link to download.
 

An outfit guidance document is now available for vessels under 15m length overall. The document is basically a checklist to help fishermen and builders who are unfamiliar with the Seafish Construction Standards, and includes references to relevant sections of the Standards. Click here to download the guidance document in pdf format.

The Small Vessel Safety Guidance Booklet, introduced in May 2007, is now available online in pdf format along with the Small Vessel Risk Assessment document.
 
The Fishing Vessel Safety Folder has recently been revised to include additional risks (May 2007). The individual sections of the folder are now available online in pdf format.
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