The latest news of specific interest to UKHMA Members including Association News:
UKHMA Responds to MAIB Accident Reporting Consultation
Added: 21 Feb 2012
Following widespread interest and input from Members throughout the Association, the UKHMA has submitted a formal response to the Update to the Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations consultation.
In a written response collated by the UKHMA President, Kevin Richardson, the Association offers both General and Specific feedback to the proposals outlined in the consultation document.
The response noted that Harbour Masters are the most likely source of reporting of any marine incident occurring in a UK harbour and were therefore well placed to comment on the proposals.
The full response may be viewed in the attached file.
Marine legislation will be reviewed under the Water and Marine theme, which is in the spotlight on the Red Tape Challenge website from 17 February until 23 March.
Attached is a letter from the Minister for Natural Environment and Fisheries inviting you to comment on marine legislation.
On the Red Tape Challenge website, marine legislation is divided into three areas:
Fisheries and Marine Enterprises: Sea Fisheries - These regulate the sea fishing industry and include provisions on sustainable harvesting of fish stocks, shellfish and crustaceans; monitoring and enforcement of fishing activities; bycatch; fishing vessels and technical provisions (fishing gear, size of species)
Fisheries and Marine Enterprises: Conservation and Use of Marine Environment - These regulations deal with conservation of our marine ecosystems and aquatic life, and a comprehensive licensing system for potentially damaging marine activities.
Fisheries and Marine Enterprises: Freshwater and Migratory Fisheries - These regulate angling and include provisions on conservation and sustainable exploitation of freshwater and migratory fish (salmon, trout, eel); and the use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture.
