National Aboriginal Fisheries Forum II

Nanaimo, October, 2012

Mission: All Fishermen Come Home Safely •  Fishermen Driven and Funded Program •  Fish Safe Advisory Committee – Regional Forum

for Fishing Safety Programs: •  Stability Education •  Safe on the Wheel •  Real Fishermen – Safety Equipment Promotion •  Safest Catch

Gina McKay, Fish Safe

Program Manager

John Krgovich, Fish Safe Program Coordinator Bob Strom, Fish

Safe Advisor

The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.

Jean Piaget (1896-1980) Swiss cognitive psychologist

HANDS ON

SHARED EXPERIENCE

HAPPY GRADS!

Ralph Roberts, Fish Safe Advisor

SAFE ON THE WHEEL

•  A five day course designed for crew men on navigational watch

•  Course content includes: Navigation Collision Regulations and Avoidance Buoyage System Tides, Current Tables Human Factors Fatigue Weather Chart work Electronics

All genuine learning is active, not passive. It involves the use of the mind, not just the memory. It is a process of discovery in which the student is the main agent, not the

teacher.

Mortimer J. Adler (1982)

Safest Catch- Overview

Safest Catch – PICFI Program

•  Atlegay

Salish Straits •  Emergency Drills •  Safety Equipment

Orientation •  Cold Water Survival

Workshop