ABSTRACT
The fishing industry is one of the professional activities most prone to labor accidents. Petursdottir et al. (2001) state that an average of 24000 fishermen loose their lives every year. As Antão and Guedes Soares (2004) show in their study regarding the Portuguese fishing fleet, 89% of the accidents studied are related to operational safety issues. In Mantari et al. (2009), a study has been made regarding the stability of fishing vessels in waves when gear loads are introduced. Here it has been concluded that fishing gear heeling moments are more important than the heeling moments produced by the IMO weather criterion, and that a combination of these two leads to capsizing even in regular load conditions.
