Advice & Guidance

Commercial Fishing

ESTA has many years experience dealing with local commercial fishermen and have links with Seafish, Marine and Coastguard Agency (MCA), RNLI and FISG (Fishing Industry Safety Group)

We can offer advice and guidance, or signpost you to the right source of information.

There is  short list of sources of information that may help:

MCA M notice regarding legal requirements for training, Under 16.5 m Skippers Ticket and equivalency for other commercial work:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/fishing-certification-and-training

Link to online facility for recording Safety Information:

https://safetyfolder.co.uk/

Details of other Seafish Approved Training Providers:

http://www.seafish.org/training/seagoing-training/offshore-approved-training-providers