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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1989
FISHERMEN URGED TO KEEP WATCH OVER CHILDREN ON BOATS
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A
SPOKESMAN
FOR THE MARINE FISHERMEN TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH WHILE ON BOARD THEIR VESSELS.
DEPARTMENT
HAS
OVER THEIR CHILDREN
APPEALED AT ALL TIMES
TO
AGE OF NINE WERE DROWNED
LAST YEAR NINE CHILDREN UNDER THE AFTER FALLING OVERBOARD FROM THEIR VESSELS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID:
OF PARENTAL AN ABSENCE
OF
"THESE ACCIDENTS HAPPENED DUE TO AN APPARENT LACK
COUPLED WITH THE CHILDREN CARE OR SUPERVISION PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TAKEN AGAINST FALLING OVERBOARD.
OF
THAT THE IR CHILDREN FACE
"THE PARENTS CONCERNED SHOULD NOTE GREAT RISK AT SEA AND CLOSE ATTENTION SHOULD BE PAID TO THEM IN TO GUARD AGAINST FALLING OVERBOARD.
ORDER
FISHING VESSELS WHICH 5,000 THERE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT DOUBLE AS HOME FOR FISHERMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES.
ALSO
IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE RISK AND PREVENT THE RECURRENCE OF TRAGEDIES, SOME GUIDELINES ARE RECOMMENDED: -
SUCH
FISHER PARENTS SHOULD ENSURE THAT THEIR NOT PLAY OR GO NEAR AREAS OF A VESSEL WHERE THEY FALL OVERBOARD.
YOUNG CHILDREN DO MAY EASILY
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THEIR CHILDREN то THE STEERING
PARENTS SHOULD RESTRICT THE MOVEMENT OF WITHIN SIGHT OF AN ADULT, FOR EXAMPLE, INSIDE CABIN, IF OTHER PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED IN WORK.
OF A FISHING
IS
THAT WHILST TYING YOUNG CHILDREN TO FIXTURES BOAT, WHICH IS COMMON PRACTICE AMONG FISHERMAN FAMILIES,
IT IS TO EFFICIENT IN RESTRICTING THE CHILDREN'S MOVEMENT,
AN EMERGENCY, THERE MAY BE BORNE IN MIND THAT IN CASE OF NOT BE SUFFICIENT TIME TO RELEASE THEM.
ON BOARD VESSELS. CHILDREN SHOULD WEAR LIFE-JACKETS WHILE
SHOULD HE FALL THE DEVICE CAN SUPPORT A CHILD IN THE WATER
SUCCESSFUL RESCUE. OVERBOARD AND WOULD GREATLY ASSIST IN A
THE MOREOVER, THE CONSPICUOUS COLOURS OF A LIFE-JACKET MAKE JOB OF LOCATING THE CHILD IN DANGER MUCH FASTER, AND EASIER.
TO TRY TO LEAVE THE CHILDREN ON SHORE WHENEVER POSSIBLE, THE CARE OF A
CHILD-CARE CENTRE OR
NURSERY OR
A
IN
WITH
RELATIVES.
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