DATE: October 14, 2009 13:39:50 EST
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Public Affairs Detachment New York
U.S. Coast Guard

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Oct. 14, 2009 
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Coast Guard to provide safety training to New Jersey area fishermen

NEW YORK — Media are invited to a Coast Guard-provided safety training session for fishermen in Atlantic Highlands, N.J., Thurs., Oct 15, 2009.

  • WHAT: Upright and Watertight - Stability at Sea Symposium free training session
  • WHEN: 8 a.m., Thurs., Oct. 15, 2009 .
  • WHERE: Blue Bay Inn Meeting Room, 51 1st Ave, Atlantic Highlands, N.J.

The session will provide fishing vessel owners and crews training on vessel stability and safe fishing practices to prevent fishing-related deaths.  

Since 1992, more than 150 fishing vessels have flooded, sunk or capsized in the Northeast, resulting in 87 fatalities.

“Most of the fishing vessels in the Northeast are not required to complete stability tests,” said Lt. Jen Haag, the symposium coordinator. “We want to help them recognize potential stability issues that can arise throughout a vessel’s voyage, whether it is at the pier, in transit, or engaged in fishing.”

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