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Ad Hoc Panel on Fishing Vessel Operations and
Safety
This new panel is the twelfth in a series of ad hoc panels formed under
the T&R Steering Committee banner. Commerical fishing is the most
dangerous industry in the United States when measured in terms of injury
and fatality rates. The hazardous nature of this maritime profession is
also prevelent throught the international fishing community. There is
common recognition that a major shift in culture in the commercial fishing
community is necessary and that this will be accomplished by increased
awareness of the risk, the problems faced, whether in design or
operations. The key element for SNAME will be development and pursuit of
awareness efforts, working with other like-minded organizations, to affect
a major shift to a safety culture.
Previous ad hoc panels have used the world wide web to provide accurate
and timely technical assessments of critical issues. For this reason, we
will use the web to disseminate and house information regarding Ad Hoc
Panel #12. For more information, we invite you to follow the appropriate
links provided. Any comments relevant to the Panel's activities are
welcomed.
The Panel tentatively plans to use working groups to focus on
specialized problems of interest. The plan and current status of the
panel's work will be reported via the Internet. For more information on
the Working Groups, please examine the draft charter (link below).
Panel/Working Group Meetings
ScheduledPanel:
A meeting of all working group members of the Fishing Vessel Panel who attended the SNAME 2001 Annual Meeting took place on Friday, October 26th from 0900-1100. This productive meeting included a summary of the previous year's work, a presentation by WG B's Co-Chair, Mr. John Womack, and an overview of each WG's future plans. Mr. Womack's educational tooks and stability letter additions were presented, scrutinized, and discussed; resulting in a robust endorsement of WG B's efforts to date. Mr. Womack, LT Nicholson, and the Panel Chair, Dr. Bruce Johnson, plan to continue to work on these educational items and present the material a multiple future meetings include the February Commerical Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee meeting at the Department of Transportation headquaters (to take place Wednesday, February 6, 2002). Other results from the SNAME Annual Meeting included a conensus among panel members to improve and amend the stability criteria; this task falls under the purview of Working Group A and is led by Dr. Johnson. Also resulting from the meeting, was a timeline for Working Group C, led by Mr. Mike Dyer. This timeline includes formalizing pragmatic maintenance programs and obtaining feedback from industry.
Working Group Meetings:
Working Group A held its first meeting during the Stability Workshop in Trieste Italy on the afternoon of September 11th. The meeting was very interesting and a healthy dialogue resulted despite the unfortunate timing of this event. Contact Bruce Johnson for details.
Several Members of Working Group B have continuously met over the last year and half. Future meetings include the CFIVAC meeting in February and a possible regional meeting in the Spring. The following framework for the working group is ongoing:
- A short paper will be drafted for the 2002 SNAME Annual Meeting to include the novel, yet pragmatic, educational tools being produced by Mr. Womack.
- WG B's focus is stability issues related to education, safety incentives for F/V masters, and useful, pragmatic tools for stability assessment that can be applied by the vessel masters and crew. This will transcend the Annual Meeting-- that is just a benchmark date as the panel is chartered for approximately one more year.
- WG B's tools will be based on a foundation of stability criteria that is formalized by WG A.
- WG C will provide the framework for maintence to compliment WG A's criteria and WG B's guidance. Thus, WG C is the practical implemtation arm that will hopefully convey long-term stability safety for fishing vessels.
Working Group C has exchanged an extensive e-mail correspondence and is beginning to utilize, along with the other working groups, the new password protected SNAME Intranet on Fishing Vessels (after contacting an administrator, visit
the Fishing Vessel Intranet Site).
Contacts:
Dr. Bruce Johnson, Chair Ad Hoc #12 aronj@bellatlantic.net
or Mr. Norman W. Lemley, Vice Chair Ad Hoc #12 nlemley@maritimeleadership.com
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Ad Hoc Panel Charter