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Chapter II

Certification of skippers, officers, engineer officers and radio operators

Regulation 1

Mandatory minimum requirements for certification of skippers on fishing vessels of 24 metres in length and

over operating in unlimited waters

1 – Every skipper on a fishing vessel of 24 metres in length and over operating in unlimited waters shall hold

an appropriate certificate.

2 – Every candidate for certification shall:

.1 - Satisfy the Party as to medical fitness, particularly regarding eyesight and hearing;

.2 - Meet the requirements for certification as an officer in charge of a navigational watch on fishing vessels

of 24 metres in length and over operating in unlimited waters, and have approved seagoing service of not less

than 12 months as an officer in charge of a navigational watch or skipper on fishing vessels of not less than 12

metres in length. However, the Party may allow the substitution of a period not exceeding six months of approved

seagoing service as an officer in charge of a navigational watch on seagoing ships covered by the 1978 STCW

Convention; and

.3 - Have passed an appropriate examination or examinations for assessment of competence to the

satisfaction of the Party. Such examination or examinations shall include the material set out in the appendix to

this regulation. A candidate for examination who holds a valid certificate of competency issued in accordance

with the provisions of the 1978 STCW Convention need not be re-examined in those subjects listed in the

appendix which were passed at a higher or equivalent level for issue of the Convention certificate.

Appendix to regulation 1

Minimum knowledge required for certification of skippers on fishing vessels of 24 metres in length and over

operating in unlimited waters

1 – The syllabus given below is compiled for examination of candidates for certification as skippers on fishing

vessels of 24 metres in length and over operating in unlimited waters. Bearing in mind that the skipper has

ultimate responsibility for the safety of the vessel and its crew at all times including during fishing operations,

examination in these subjects shall be designed to test that the candidate has assimilated properly all available

information that affects the safety of the vessel and its crew in accordance with the syllabus.

2 – Navigation and position determination

2.1 - Voyage planning and navigation for all conditions:

.1 - By acceptable methods of determining ocean tracks;

.2 - Within restricted waters;

.3 - Where applicable, in ice;

.4 - In restricted visibility;

.5 - Where applicable, in traffic separation schemes; and

.6 - In areas affected by tides or currents.

2.2 - Position determination:

.1 - By celestial observations;

.2 - By terrestrial observations, including the ability to use bearings from landmarks and aids to navigation

such as lighthouses, beacons and buoys in conjunction with appropriate charts, notices to mariners and other

publications to assess the accuracy of the resulting position fix; and

.3 - By using, to the satisfaction of the Party, modern ship electronic navigational aids as provided in fishing

vessels, with specific reference to knowledge of their operating principles, limitations, sources of error, detection

of misrepresentation of information and methods of correction to obtain accurate position fixing.