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The Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels of less than 15m Length Overall

This page contains The Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels of less than 15m Length Overall and all associated information to be read alongside it.

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Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Published
17 October 2017
Last updated
31 January 2024 鈥� See all updates

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The Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels of less than 15m Length Overall

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ANNEX 1 - Regulations, MSNs and MGNs Relevant to Fishing Vessels Subject to this Code

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ANNEX 5a - Conducting Fishing Vessel Heel Test

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ANNEX 6a - Conducting Fishing Vessel Offset Load Test

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ANNEX 7a - Conducting Fishing Vessel Roll Test

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ANNEX 8 鈥� Definitions of Decked and Open Vessels

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ANNEX 9 - The Wolfson Stability Guidance Method

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ANNEX 10 - Scope of inspection

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ANNEX 11 - When to apply for an inspection

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ANNEX 12 - F GAS LEAKS

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ANNEX 13 - MARPOL PLACARD EXAMPLE

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MSN 1871 Amendment No.2 (F) The Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels of less than 15m Length Overall announces the latest amendment of the MCA publication 鈥淭he Code of Practice for Small Fishing Vessels of less than 15m Length Overall and should be read in conjunction with the Fishing Vessels (Code of Practice) regulations 2017 No.943 and the Merchant Shipping (Work in Fishing Convention) Regulations 2018 No.1106 and replaces MSN 1871 Amendment No.1 鈥� The Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels of less than 15m Length Overall.

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Updates to this page

Published 17 October 2017
Last updated 31 January 2024 show all updates

  1. 31 January 2024 - Paragraph 3.2.2 revised to link to Wolfson Unit website.

  2. Revised MSF Forms. Annex 5b - MSF 1382. Annex 6b - MSF 1380. Annex 7b - MSF 1378.

  3. The forms for recording the outcomes of stability tests for fishing vessels have been updated. The forms are Annexes 5b, 6b and 7b.

  4. Clarified requirements of multi-purpose fire extinguisher in Section 5.7.1.1 to align with checklist in Annex 3

  5. Added new link to page with stability calculator.

  6. Updated further to publication of MSN 1871 Amendment No. 2.

  7. First published.

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