... evaluation and management of health-related risks and demands on people at sea. People may be at sea for a variety of reasons, working in maritime transportation and the fishing industries, travelling ...
Pal Weihe; Juan Ignacio Alcaide Introduction The world of fishing is huge and as an industry it has existed from ancient times to the present. A large variety of technologies are necessary to harvest ...
... of the health certificates for seafarers. He has been active in research of the working environment on fishing vessels, including accidents and fatigue. Dr Weihe has published more than 150 scientific ...
... Medical selection is carried out by naval doctors only. It falls beyond the scope of this chapter to discuss naval medical selection in more detail. Fisheries Medical requirements for fishing vessel ...
... guidelines. Norway has issued similar Guidance to the Norwegian regulations[3]. Seafarers work on ships of all sizes, from the smallest fishing boats to the biggest super-tankers. They may work solo, ...
... America have long been highways for communication as well as fishing grounds. Early canals were cut in Roman times and in ancient China to supplement and connect rivers. There were major developments ...
... from a single country and numbers, jobs and demographic information are available. By contrast, merchant seafarers and fishing industry employees are often on casual or other non-standard contracts and ...
TIM CARTER Introduction There has only been a limited amount of investigation into the health of merchant seafarers and those who work in fishing. This contrasts with the long history of investigations ...
... and in fishing has been one of the continuing limitations for epidemiological studies in this group for many years. Present day patterns of global recruitment on short term contracts have made this worse ...
... (from the WHO) ILI Influenza-like Illness ILO International Labour Organisation (a UN Agency) ILO C 188 ILO Work in Fishing Convetntion 2007 ILO C016 Medical Examination ...
... ill fisher who cannot be attended to on a poorly equipped fishing vessel at sea, far from shore, or a lone yachtsman in distress in the middle of one of the oceans. A radio distress message will be put ...
... illegal fishing could be under its jurisdiction. Likewise, the coastal State may exercise control necessary to prevent or punish infringement of its customs, fiscal immigration or sanitary laws and regulations ...
KATINKA SVANBERG Introduction International crime at sea is frequent and includes: piracy, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU), smuggling of narcotic drugs, agricultural products ...
... cargo ships, 300,000 on passenger and cruise ships and approximately 200,000 crew work on other types of vessels, including commercial fishing, n especially dangerous branch, according to IHS Markit’s ...
... 6000 professional seafarers in Montenegro (11). Local fishing communities have been identified as among the highest-risk groups for HIV infection in countries with high overall rates of HIV/AIDS prevalence, ...
... working environments, such as fishing, navy ships, ferries, cargo ships and many others. Also, employers give seafarers contracts with varying durations. Ships under the management of one country may be ...
... and usually go hunting. You must not get into the water if you have an open bleeding wound (this also applies to menstruating women). Avoid waters which are fished and where fishing nets are emptied. If ...
... of the spine, particularly the lumbar spine, which are particularly troublesome because the spinal column is unbalanced. On board ships, particularly fishing vessels, vibration is a factor that exacerbates ...
... examination and certificate issue (jointly with the International Maritime Organisation)[3]; the training of ship cooks[4]; health protection and accident prevention[5]. The broadly similar Work in Fishing ...
... their fishing grounds. United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) In 1956, the United Nations held its 1st Conference on the Law of the Sea (“UNCLOS I”) in Geneva, Switzerland. UNCLOS ...