Master / Mate of Fishing Industry Vessels

Commercial fishing industry vessels (FV) greater than 200 gross tons (GRT)
are required to be manned by licensed mariners. Licenses as Master or Mate of
Fishing Vessels are issued with tonnage limitations of from 500 to 5,000 GRT
depending on the qualifying experience of the applicant. Fishing industry
vessels include catcher boats, fish processing vessels, tenders and fish packers
using in the harvesting or transportation of fish or fish products.

Routes for fishing industry vessels are issued as near coastal or all oceans
depending on the training and exams completed by the applicant. To qualify for
an all oceans route the applicant must complete training and exams in celestial
navigation in addition to the requirements for the license.

A Mate of Industry Fishing Vessel license authorizes the authority to be the
Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch (OICNW) on any fishing industry
vessel, including catcher boats, fish packers, tenders, and processors, within
the limitations of the license. A license as Mate does not issue any authority to
be the master of any vessel, only to be in charge of the watch under the
authority of a licensed master.

A Master of Industry Fishing Vessel license authorizes the authority to be
the master on any fishing industry vessel, including catcher boats, fish packers,
tenders, and processors, within the limitations of the license.

Qualifying

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xperience

for Mate of Fishing

minimum

three years; at least 18 months of the qualifying

experience must

have

been on near coastal or ocean waters and 90

days of the

qualifying

experience must have been within the past three

years.

To qualify for a 500 ton limitation at least one year of the

qualifying

experience must have been on vessels greater than 50 tons;

to qualify

for a 1600 ton limitation at least one year of the qualifying

experience

must have been on vessels greater than 100 tons.

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xperience

for

aster

of Fishing

minimum

our

years; at least

wo years

of the qualifying

experience

must have

been on near coastal or ocean waters

; at least one year of

the qualifying

experience must have been as master or mate while

holding

a license as

master, mate, or OUPV;

and 90

days of the

qualifying experience must

have been

within the past three

years.

To qualify for a 500 ton limitation at least

one year of the qualifying

experience must have been on vessels

greater than 50 tons; to qualify

for a 1600 ton limitation at least one

year of the qualifying experience

must have been on vessels greater

than 100 tons.

Tonnage limitations

on Master or Mate of Fishing

between 2,000 and

5,000 tons are

issued in 1,000 ton increments

, rounding up,

using this

formula: either maximum

tonnage that 25% of the qualifying

experience

was on; or 150% of the

maximum tonnage that 50% of the

qualifying

experience was on.

Approved Courses

Applicants holding a valid Master or Mate license 150 tons or greater or course
completion certificate can satisfy the training and exam requirements for
upgrading their license to Master or Mate of Fishing by completing the following
four day upgrade course. Applicants applying for an all oceans route are
required to complete training and exams in celestial navigation in addition to the
following.

8-hour

Master / Mate of Fishing Industry Vessel Upgrade course

Any applicant who has successfully completed

your 8-hour

Master/Mate

Fishing Vessel (Near

Coastal) course and who presents

your Certificate

Training WITHIN ONE YEAR of the completion

training, will satisfy the

examination

requirements of 46 CFR 11.205(f)

for original

issuance, 46

CFR 10. 227(d)(8)(C) for renewal, and

46 CFR

10.209(f) for re-issuance

of a license as

Master or Mate of Uninspected

Fishing Industry

Vessels

(Near Coastal), -- PROVIDED-- that they

either

hold a current license

valid for service on

near coastal vessels of at

least 150 gross

registered

tons, OR have satisfied the examination

requirements for a license as

Master Not More

Than 200 Gross Tons

(Near Coastal) WITHIN ONE

YEAR

prior to license application.

Applicants holding a valid license as Master 100 ton or less or course
completion certificate will need to complete the following prerequisite course.

32-hour

Upgrade Master 100 ton to Master 200 ton

Any applicant who has successfully completed

your 32-hour Upgrade

Master 100 Tons to Master

200 Tons course and presents your

Certificate

Training WITHIN ONE YEAR of the completion of

training, will satisfy

the examination requirements

of 46 CFR 10.207

for upgrade of a license