Fishing Safety Campaign
Commissioned by the Fishing Safety Team to promote safety at sea...
Nigel's images feature the work of fishermen from around the UK and involved long
periods at sea in all types of weather. "Leaving port at 04.00 and returning at 21.00 is
not for the faint hearted - but that's all in a days work for a fisherman" recalls
Nigel.
The Fishing Safety campaign is part of the RNLI's prevention strategy and has been developed to address the numbers of fatal and serious accidents that occur aboard commercial fishing vessels. The RNLI has also conceived and developed an innovative safety system - MOB Guardian. The system monitors a vessels position and automatically alerts the emergency services of a man overboard...
