FACTS
- Commercial fishing is regularly one of the most hazardous industries in the United States with a fatality rate many times that of the national average.
- Fatigue is a main problem for commercial fishing, often the cause of devastating and sometimes even fatal accidents.
- Hard physical work or boring, repetitive jobs like watchkeeping can bring on fatigue. Add stressors like the ship’s motion or extreme weather, and the risk is amplified.
- Six hours or less sleep a night, broken sleep and irregular work hours lead to a build up of ‘sleep debt’, a key fatigue trigger.
- Drinking or taking drugs […]
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