Fishing Vessel Safety Regulations

Marginal note:Requirement to carry on board

• 3.28 (1) A fishing vessel that is engaged on a voyage set out in column 1 of the table to this subsection, and that has a hull length set out in column 2, shall carry on board the life-saving appliances set out in column 3.

  	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
  Item	Voyage	Hull Length	Other Life-saving Appliances
  1	Unlimited	Any length	(a) two or more SOLAS life rafts or reduced capacity life rafts with a total capacity that is sufficient to carry, on each side of the vessel, the number of persons on board; (b) one recovery boat; and (c) an immersion suit of an appropriate size for each person on board
  2	Near coastal voyage, class 1	Any length	(a) one or more SOLAS life rafts or reduced capacity life rafts with total a capacity that is sufficient to carry the number of persons on board; and (b) an immersion suit of an appropriate size for each person on board
  3	Near coastal voyage, class 2	More than 12 m	(a) one or more life rafts, or a combination of life rafts and recovery boats, with a total capacity that is sufficient to carry the number of persons on board; (b) an EPIRB, unless the vessel is carrying on board an EPIRB required under the Navigation Safety Regulations, 2020; and (c) if the water temperature is less than 15°C, an immersion suit or an anti-exposure work suit of an appropriate size for each person on board
  4	Near coastal voyage, class 2	Not more than 12 m	(a) one or more life rafts, or a combination of life rafts and recovery boats, with a total capacity that is sufficient to carry the number of persons on board; or (b) the following equipment: (i) an EPIRB or a means of two-way radio communication, unless the vessel is carrying on board an EPIRB required under the Navigation Safety Regulations, 2020, and (ii) if the water temperature is less than 15°C, an immersion suit or an anti-exposure work suit of an appropriate size for each person on board
  5	Sheltered waters voyage or near coastal voyage, class 2, restricted to 2 nautical miles	Any length	(a) one or more life rafts or recovery boats with a total capacity that is sufficient to carry the number of the persons on board; or (b) the following equipment: (i) an EPIRB or a means of two-way radio communication, unless the vessel is carrying on board an EPIRB required under the Navigation Safety Regulations, 2020, and (ii) if the water temperature is less than 15°C, an immersion suit or an anti-exposure work suit of an appropriate size for each person on board

• Marginal note:Appliances or written procedures

  (2) Instead of carrying on board the appliances referred to in subparagraph 5(b)(ii) of the table to subsection (1), a fishing vessel engaged on a sheltered waters voyage may carry on board appliances or written procedures, or a combination of both, for protecting all persons on board from the effects of hypothermia or cold shock resulting from swamping, capsizing or falling overboard.

• Marginal note:Substitute for recovery boat

  (3) A fishing vessel referred in subsection (1) is not required to carry on board a recovery boat if the vessel carries on board an emergency boat, a rescue boat, or a seine skiff that is ordinarily used in the fishing vessel’s fishing operations.