AMSEA Blog

Once the fishing season ends, many commercial fishermen turn to the endless list of maintenance tasks that comes with owning or working...

In August, NIOSH notified us that AMSEA is a recipient of a two-year training grant. Major objectives of this grant award are providing...

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

AMSEA welcomes new staff members, Ashley Green and Rob Emley. Ashley takes over as Training/Course Coordinator from Emma Edson and Rob...

The Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety, in partnership with John Hopkins University and UMass Amherst, is studying how...

Back on June 11, we wrote about the Alaska's new Derelict Vessels Act. In brief, the Act requires that all vessels operating in Alaska...

We often hear from commercial fishermen and other mariners how their marine safety training has made a difference in their safety...

On the first of the year, operating boats and barges in Alaska got a little more complicated. That’s when SB 92, the Derelict Vessels...

AMSEA's next Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor Training (MSIT) will be held in September 23-28, 2019 in Sitka, Alaska. The MSIT is an...

As you prepare for your busy commercial fishing season, be sure not to overlook your safety and first aid training. There are AMSEA...

Alaska Sea Grant agent, Gabe Dunham, will be teaching Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor classes in New Stuyahok, Alaska on April 15 & 16 and...

Back in January, the National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC) got backed up on issuing new and renewed certificates of documentation...

Update: The U.S. Coast Guard Office of Investigations and Casualty Analysis has issued Findings of Concern resulting from the sinking of...

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

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

The Journal of Agromedicine is planning a special issue on the topic of occupational safety and health (OSH) in fishing, aquaculture, and...

AMSEA Instructor, Mike Morris, spent a cold, rainy, Tuesday afternoon in Sitka's Crescent Harbor this week. It was all part of Sitka High...

AMSEA is again bringing free ergonomics safety training to workers at seafood processing plants. We have received a Susan Harwood grant...

The Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association has teamed up with AMSEA to create a scholarship program to train three new...

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