Fishing vessel safety : blueprint for a national program /
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| Corporate author / creator: | National Research Council (U.S.). Marine Board. Committee on Fishing Vessel Safety. |
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 282 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11194372 |
Table of Contents:
- FISHING VESSEL SAFETY
- Copyright
- Preface
- BACKGROUND
- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- SCOPE OF STUDY
- STUDY METHOD
- REPORT ORGANIZATION
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- WHAT ARE THE SAFETY PROBLEMS?
- CAN SAFETY BE IMPROVED?
- 1 The Need for New Approaches to Fishing Vessel Safety
- COMMERCIAL FISHING ACCIDENTS
- Vessels and Lives Lost
- Personal Injuries
- Defining the Population at Risk and Determining Who Is Responsible
- PRIOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS
- Federal Safety Programs
- Federal Regulation and ComplianceIndustry Safety Programs
- International and Foreign Government Safety Activities
- SAFETY AS A TOTAL CONCEPT
- Establishing a Direction
- Safety Program Infrastructure
- Monitoring and Evaluating Safety Performance
- SUMMARY
- 2 Commercial Fishing: An Industry Overview
- FISHING INDUSTRY VESSELS AND FISHERMEN
- The Vessels
- Vessel Technology
- Commercial Fishermen
- Culture and Social Organization
- Fishermen as Participants in the Labor Market
- The Working Conditions
- U.S. LAWS AFFECTING COMMERCIAL FISHINGFisheries Management
- Legal Liability
- REGIONAL FISHERIES
- North Atlantic Region
- South Atlantic Region
- The Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Region
- Great Lakes and Inland Fisheries
- West Coast Region
- Distant-Water Fleet
- Alaska Region
- SUMMARY
- 3 The Commercial Fishing Safety Record
- DATA FOR ASSESSING FISHING INDUSTRY VESSEL SAFETY
- Fishing Fleet and Work Force Data
- Casualty Data
- VESSEL CASUALTIES
- Nature of Vessel Casualties
- Regional Distribution of Vessel Casualties
- Casualty Distribution by Vessel LengthCasualty Distribution by Vessel Type and Usage
- Causes of Vessel Casualties
- Search and Rescue Data
- Vessel Casualty Rates
- Distribution of Search and Rescue Cases
- Differences in Vessel Casualty Rates
- FATALITIES
- Fatality Rates
- Proportional Mortality Rates
- Relationship of Fatalities to Survival Equipment
- PERSONAL INJURIES
- HUMAN FACTORS DATA
- STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING SAFETY DATA
- Improving Safety Data
- Alternative 1: Establish a Comprehensive Statistical Data Collection, Analysis, and Utilization ProgramAlternative 2: Require Vessel Registration
- Alternative 3: Require Professional Registration
- SUMMARY
- 4 The Fishing Vessels
- THE VESSEL AS AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM
- Vessel Characteristics as a Safety Issue
- NATURE AND CAUSES OF FISHING VESSEL SAFETY PROBLEMS
- Vessel Casualties
- Flooding and Foundering (Sinking)
- Capsizings
- Fires and Explosions
- Groundings
- Collisions (Including Allisions)
- Material Failures