AMSEA Blog

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

Why does this guy looks so happy? Maybe, it's because he's stepping off a Coast Guard helicopter after his fishing boat sank in the Gulf...

Would you like to bring marine safety training to your homeport? Want to help commercial fishermen and other mariners to respond...

September 24 – 29, AMSEA held its Marine Safety Instructor Training (MSIT) class in its home port of Sitka, Alaska. We had 10 new...

One of the things that surprises many people about AMSEA’s training, is that although our offices are in the port of Sitka, Alaska, our...

With our fiscal year just ended June 30, 2018, preliminary data shows that AMSEA Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor training reached over 979...

Are you a person that is safety-oriented, likes to share your knowledge with others, and motivated to help save lives? Have you ever...

Would you like to improve your performance in an emergency at sea by nearly 30%? Well, who wouldn't? Conducting monthly drills of your...

As you may already know, California commercial fisherman, Frank Gee, recently lost the F/V Ocean Gale, to a fire while off Pillar Point,...

Are you attending Alaska Sea Grant’s Young Fishermen’s Summit in Anchorage, December 6-8? We hope so! AMSEA will be there to provide a...

This past Friday, we completed our week-long, children’s Outdoor Survival Camp. It was a pleasure to see the enthusiasm that youngsters...

Would you like to teach marine safety skills to commercial fishermen and other mariners? If you answered with an enthusiastic “yes”, then...

We have a full slate of trainings for commercial fishermen in June. We're still making classes for June. So, check the website later if...

Editor's Note: The photo's in this gallery are from a recent cold-water safety and survival training for third-graders in the Sitka...

April 30 marked the conclusion of our Marine Safety Instructor Training at AVTEC in Seward, Alaska. The class was well attended and we...

Last week, we posted Tomi Marsh's timely article on avoiding collisions with cruise ships and other very large vessels. With a bit of...

If you have attended an AMSEA Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor workshop in New England or New York, it's likely the course was conducted by...

May is shaping up to be a very busy month for training. Below are the Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor workshops we have scheduled so far....

AMSEA will be conducting a Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor Workshop in Anchorage on May 6 & 7. Like all of our F/V Drill Conductor...

This is a group photo from our most recent Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor workshop in San Francisco. If you fish in Northern California,...