Almost £1 million in Government funding will be spent cutting deaths in the 海角视频’s most dangerous industry, working with Grimsby-based Seafish.
Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani has announced an additional £700,000 will be provided to give more fishermen potentially lifesaving training.
This is on top of an existing £250,000 pot, which is matched by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund.
The Department for Transport will also work with Seafish to deliver more than 500 personal floatation devices fitted with locator beacons, worth a total of £250,000, to help find people who have fallen overboard – the most common reason for fatalities at sea.
Last year there were six fishing fatalities, either through people falling overboard or due to issues affecting the stability of vessels.
Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani said: "Fishing remains the most dangerous industry in the 海角视频, and so we must keep working to reduce the risks crew members face.
"We want to eliminate all preventable deaths by 2027, and the extra training and better equipment I’m announcing today will mean fewer fishermen getting into danger at sea."
Increasing safety on fishing vessels is one of the priorities of the Maritime Safety Action Plan, which was published by the Department for Transport on Monday (July 1).
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The department will also be working with Trinity House and Seafish to promote fishing safety through a targeted media campaign.
Since 2008, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has spent £2.75 million to deliver more than 25,000 free safety training sessions to fishermen.
From October 23, all small fishing vessels will need to be fitted with an emergency beacon or have personal beacons for every member of crew to enable rescuers to find them.
The MCA is also looking, by 2020, to require skippers of vessels between seven metres and 16.5 metres to hold a Skipper’s Certificate as well as to implement a new Code of Practice for fishing vessels under 15m which will include stability requirements.
Throughout the past year the 海角视频 has implemented new regulations to improve the living and working conditions on board fishing vessels. It also requires crew members to wear personal flotation devices if the risk of going overboard cannot be eliminated.