FEDERAL REGULATIONS OF SMALL FISHING VESSEL DESIGN THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION’S POSITION

Federal Regulations of Small Fishing Vessel Design FEDERAL REGULATIONS OF SMALL FISHING VESSEL DESIGN THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION’S POSITION • The federal government has an important role to play in improving the safety of those involved in the fishing industry and should therefore open a consultation on fishing vessel stability analysis, to ensure that this process is more rigorous. [...] The loss of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) aimed at the vessel was a case study in the contradiction reducing the catch capacity of the vessel; and, at between regulations imposed by DFO and those the same time, meet the minimum static stability imposed by Transport Canada as described by requirements of Transport Canada’s Fishing Vessel the report of the Transportation Safety Board of Safety R. [...] A to play in improving the safety of those involved finding as to cause and contributing factors for in the industry and should therefore open a the loss of the Sarah Anne was that there was no consultation on fishing vessel stability analysis, to stability assessment done for the vessel. [...] mandated and held accountable by the terms In the case of SFVs, Transport Canada is accepting of their license to ensure that the welfare of the the work of non-licensed individuals who are public and the environment are paramount in undertaking engineering work but who do not their work. [...] meets the requirements of the regulations, but it takes no responsibility to ensure the analysis and • Continue to work with federal departments the data on which it is based is correct, or that it is, such that they recognize the authority in fact, safe.