The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) issued three recommendations to increase commercial fishing safety in Canada after it found “systemic safety issues” during an investigation into the sinking of the Tyhawk in 2021.
While Transport Canada rules require stability assessments for fishing boats that have gone through ‘major’ modifications, the definition is open to interpretation
Canada s transportation safety agency is releasing its report today on the capsizing of the fishing vessel Tyhawk off western Cape Breton, which resulted in the loss of two crew.
The report says the boat, based in Elsipogtog First Nation, accumulated water as it was struck by waves and that traps shifted on its deck, causing the vessel to roll over.
ELSIPOGTOG FIRST NATION, N.B. The former chief of a New Brunswick First Nation says she s concerned the crab fishing season began too early this year after a boat recently capsized off the coast of Cape Breton. Susan Levi-Peters, former chief of the Elsipogtog First Nation, said in a recent interview more consultation is needed between Ottawa and First Nations fishers about when to open fishing seasons. Levi-Peters says she and other members of the First Nation were concerned about the timing of this year s crab fishing season which usually begins sometime in mid-April but she says the federal Fisheries Department went ahead and opened it early.