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FishSAFE Information Project - 'Call for Data' 

Enhancing the Safety of Fishermen and Protecting the Environment 

On the 1st April 2012, Schlumberger, on behalf of the FishSAFE Information Project, contacted all UKCS offshore oil & gas operators to request updated positions and information for their surface and subsea structures.

This data is used to maintain the FishSAFE Information Project database (formerly KIS-UKCS) of oil & gas structures in UK waters. The FishSAFE Information Project data is compiled through cooperation between the fishing and oil and gas industries and is supplied to fishermen in their native fishing plotter formats to improve fishing safety and help protect the environment. Updates are provided on a 6 monthly basis.

Following the submission of up-to-date information to Schlumberger, the data will then be formatted by the Kingfisher division of Seafish, for easy input into the wide variety of fishing plotter systems. This information will be distributed to fishermen throughout much of Europe and will be available to download from www.fishsafe.eu in July 2012.

If you do not currently receive this important information and would like to be included in the distribution list, please contact Kingfisher using the details below.

Kingfisher Information Services - Seafish
Tel: +44 (0)1472 252307
Email@ kingfisher@seafish.co.uk

Important Information

The FishSAFE Unit

Advice to owners of FishSAFE Units:

In 2011 a small number of FishSAFE units suffered damage as a result of over heating in an internal circuit.

A modified circuit has been produced to remedy the cause of the damage.

The majority of FishSAFE units which have been supplied have been modified without charge.

FLTCS recommend that any owner who has not had his unit modified should do so without delay.

Details of the arrangements for modification can be obtained by clicking here.

FishSAFE News

FLTC Services Limited Awarded Major Grant

FLTC Services Limited have been awarded a grant of up to £413,250 by the Scottish Ministers and The European Fisheries Fund for the FishSAFE Information Project. The Project concerns the capture and dissemination of data relating to oil and gas assets and infrastructure and is in three parts:

• Collection and dissemination of data relating to assets in UK waters including data about new and decommissioned assets
  
• Developing changes in processes to capture and disseminate data and
  
• Research and development of a proposal to provide information relating to oil and gas assets in the waters of other Member States and Norway.

Important Information

FishSAFE Unit

All subsequent versions of the data, are suitable only for use in the new FishSAFE unit.

It is important that any user of the KIS-UKCS data has the most up to date version of the data and a new unit on which to display the data.

250 new FishSAFE units have already been supplied at a price significantly reduced by a grant from The Scottish Ministers and The European Fisheries Fund.

Any fisherman who wishes to order a new unit at the reduced price is advised to do so without delay while stocks last.