{"id":1731,"date":"2024-01-13T08:55:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T08:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fishsafety.org\/?page_id=1731"},"modified":"2024-02-27T03:19:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T03:19:52","slug":"fisher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fishsafety.org\/projects\/fisher\/","title":{"rendered":"FISHER"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nFISHER PROJECT\n<\/h1>
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The FISHER Project is a global accident data management system for the fisheries sector, and is aimed at the promotion, implementation and harmonisation of fishing accident reporting schemes and databases, including the facilitating of both voluntary and formal reporting, and the recording and analysis of relevant casualty data.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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\nLetter of Intent\n<\/h3>
\nIn support of the ongoing development of the Project, a Letter of Intent has now been signed between the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Lloyd\u2019s Register Foundation (LRF), the Pew Charitable Trusts (Pew) and the FISH Safety Foundation (FSF).
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\nInternational Collaboration\n<\/h3>
\nThis global initiative is unanimously welcomed and supported by the IMO and FAO as the United Nations Agencies actively involved with fishing activities. We thank them for their expressed strong interest. We also wish to acknowledge and thank LRF and Pew for their invaluable ongoing assistance and support of the Project during this development phase.

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\nGlobal Initiative\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>
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The need for a global fishing accident reporting system and database has long been recognised.<\/h4>

In 2009 the FAO took the first major step in this quest and contracted SSPA Sweden to investigate and produce a set of \u201cGuidelines for Accident Reporting and Analysis Systems for Small Fishing Vessels\u201d. This was followed up in 2011 by the first \u2018test\u2019 of the Guidelines referred to above. See the RFLP \u201cFinal Report from the Implementation of Accident Reporting Systems in Cambodia, Indonesia and Timor-Leste\u201d.<\/p>

Further work was done in this area, resulting in the 2015 FAO \u201cTechnical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries No.1 Supplement 3 Fishing Operations: Best Practices to improve Safety at Sea in the Fisheries Sector.\u201d<\/p>

And in 2019, the FISH Safety Foundation was contracted by the FAO to develop an Accident Reporting System for the Caribbean small-scale fisheries. The FISHER Project is therefore a continuation and significant expansion on their original work. We are doing this with the full support of, and collaboration with, the FAO and thank them for this.<\/p>

The FISHER Project is therefore a continuation and significant expansion on their original work. We are doing this with the full support of, and collaboration with, the FAO and thank them for this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>

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FISHER IS ARGUABLY THE MOST AMBITIOUS UNDERTAKING EVER TO RECORD, AND QUANTIFY THE TRUE HUMAN COST OF FISHING GLOBALLY.\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\n\t\t\tIllustration of a fisherman making an accident submission to FISHER
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