Inspection of fishing vessels of less than 15m Length Overall
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This guidance provides details on how to book an inspection, how to prepare your vessel and different inspection procedures.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-16
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
This guidance provides details on how to book an inspection, how to prepare your vessel and different inspection procedures. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Booking a fishing vessel inspection
- Prepare for inspection
- Fishing vessel inspection requirements
- Vessels up to 15 metres overall length
- During the inspection
- Out of water inspection
- Afloat inspection
- The day of inspection
- On board inspection
- Fishing gear
- After the Inspection
- Enforcement measures
Source and licence
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
AttributionMaritime and Coastguard Agency, ‘Inspection of fishing vessels of less than 15m Length Overall’ (updated 21 July 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.016/09/2026