Two drowned when the 20-metre Arctic Fox II sank on Aug. 11, 2020 while fishing for tuna off Bamfield
Insufficient training and vessel maintenance contributed to the deaths of two crew members aboard a fishing boat that sank in 2020 off Bamfield, according to a Transportation Safety Board investigation that calls for more inspections of such vessels.
The TSB said the master of the fishing vessel held an expired Fishing Master, Fourth Class certificate issued in 2001. New vessel stability education and medical certificates have been required by Transport Canada since 2007, and the master had no formal training on how to properly prepare new crew members in procedures, drills and familiarization, said the report.
The TSB said the master of the vessel and the owner of the Arctic Fox, Teague Fishing Corp., believed that the risks of the fishing operation had been addressed sufficiently, adding the “perceptions of risk were likely influenced by economic incentives, approvals and certificates and many successful voyages.”
The Arctic Fox II arrived in Canada in 1977 and was first registered in 1984 when it began fishing operations. It was acquired by Teague Fishing Corp. in 2008, sold and then reacquired in 2018, when it was registered again with Transport Canada. It was issued a tuna licence by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in June 2020.
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