Compulsory Survey Problem For Boats
(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, June 14. Auckland commercial fishing-boat owners and fishermen are facing substantial problems as their vessels undergo compulsory surveys.
Up to £lO,OOO has to be spent on some boats, and nearly all owners are finding it difficult to obtain the extra safety equipment now demanded by the Marine Department, say fishing sources. Regulations requiring all boats over 40 feet to be surveyed were introduced last year, a year’s grace being given.
“Surveys are to some extent being held up because the
safety equipment we now have to carry is unobtainable,” said the secretary of the Auckland Commercial Fishing-boat Owners’ Association, Mr R. Brebner.
“We now have to carry a spare anchor, a special ball to show when a boat is trawling in the day time, additional bells, fog horns, and whistles on life jackets,” said Mr Brebner.
Many of these were not available in sufficient quantity and special import licences were hard to obtain. Mr Brebner said the department was being very reasonable about the survey and was not holding back vessels from going to sea while they caught up with measures required by the regulations.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31086, 15 June 1966, Page 8
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