AMSEA Blog

It may seem obvious, but staying out of the water dramatically improves your chances of survival on a commercial fishing vessel. No one...

Emergency satellite devices have never been more reliable, with increased satellites in the sky and devices that reach over 22,000 miles...

Fishing alone on the boat, sleepy, and maybe a little careless, the wrong roll of the deck while climbing into the pit with a cup of...

In June 2022, the USCG inspection officers noticed a defect in many of the immersion suits they were examining. There was delamination...

You have finished your boat and gear work. The boat is fueled and iced. You have groceries and crew aboard and you are ready to slip the...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration maintains a network of satellites called SARSAT, that helps forecasters track weather...

This winter has gotten off to a rough start when it comes to commercial fishing vessel casualties. On December 31, two crew survived and...

Dennis Robillard and his son, Tyler, are New England lobstermen and they know the value of wearing a PFD while on deck. After attending...

Nearly every AMSEA class covers the importance of wearing a personal flotation device (PFD) while on deck. AMSEA instructors have...

Under federal regulation (46 CFR 28.140), any commercial fishing vessel that is required to have a survival craft, must have its...

In an emergency, activating your vessel's EPIRB is the most certain method of summoning help. But, have you ever wondered what happens if...

We just received an FCC Enforcement Advisory from our local Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Examiner. The Federal Communications...

The U.S. Coast Guard is alerting mariners to the potential for LED lights to interfere with the reception of marine VHF radios and AIS...

Earlier this year, researchers in the NIOSH Commercial Fishing Safety Program published a study of factors associated with fishing crews...

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a Marine Safety Alert for defective Type-I Personal Flotation Devices (PFD). The defect renders the PFD...

UPDATE 03/30/2018: We asked Scott Wilwert, the lead Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Examiner for U.S.C.G. District 17, for some...

Your immersion suit is a bit like a parachute. When aviators are forced to "bail out", they rely on their parachutes to get them to the...

AMSEA instructor, Beverly Noll, called this morning with the sad news that a fisherman was lost overboard off the coast of Northern...

Why are these guys smiling? Maybe because they know that the PFDs they are wearing just might save their lives. Photo credit: Ted...

Often, when we discuss cold water immersion in our marine safety workshops, students will bring up the dangers of hypothermia. Their...