Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
Pescatore Fishing Limited
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On 13 March 2025, the Commission recommended that Pegasus Fishing Limited review their safety management system and take steps to ensure safe navigational watchkeeping principles are observed during all phases of the fishing operation.
Reply Text
This recommendation can be recorded as accepted and implemented.
Pegasus Fishing took steps immediately after the grounding in September 2023 to review their safety management system which included (but was not limited to) ensuring safe navigational watchkeeping principles were observed during all phases of during the vessel’s operation, including fishing operations.
This included engaging an independent third party to carry out a review of the companies documented procedures and systems, to speak with masters and crew to determine their understanding of policies and procedures, including the respective roles of the master and crew, standing orders, and safety navigational and watchkeeping practices; and to observe the implementation of such practices at sea, by attending and observing fishing trips on each vessel. Pegasus Fishing also refers to its comments on relevant parts of the draft report as to its safety management system.
Pegasus Fishing took steps immediately after the grounding in September 2023 to review their safety management system which included (but was not limited to) ensuring safe navigational watchkeeping principles were observed during all phases of during the vessel’s operation, including fishing operations.
This included engaging an independent third party to carry out a review of the companies documented procedures and systems, to speak with masters and crew to determine their understanding of policies and procedures, including the respective roles of the master and crew, standing orders, and safety navigational and watchkeeping practices; and to observe the implementation of such practices at sea, by attending and observing fishing trips on each vessel. Pegasus Fishing also refers to its comments on relevant parts of the draft report as to its safety management system.
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