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Fishing Boat Insurance

.....from  £160


Commercial Fishing Boat Insurance for Netting, Potting, Trawling or Angling.

  • £3 Million Liability cover for you and any person navigating or in charge of your vessel with your permission
  • Underwater Damage cover to hull and engine(s) as standard
  • Dropping off or falling overboard of outboard motors
  • Crew Liability Cover 
  • Salvage and removal of wreck charges
  • If a claim arises while your vessel is moored in a marina, therer is no loss of excess.
  • Personal accident cover for personal injuries or death for you and people on board your insured vessel.

Insurance for Fishing Boats used for Pleasure
As long as no money changes hands your fishing boat can be insured for private and pleasure use only with no commercial insurance required.

Fishing Boat Licence and Registeration

If you fish for sea fish without a licence and sell your catch, you may be prosecuted and have to pay a fine of up to £50,000 for each offence and forfeit your fish and equipment.

The licence sets out where you can fish, what you are not allowed to fish and the limits for the stocks you are allowed to fish and land. There are different types of licence, depending on the length of your fishing boat, the species fished and the waters where you will fishing.

Your fishing boat will need to be both registered and licenced and it is also a condition of your commercial fishing insurance policy. 

There are a few exceptions, but generally you need a licence to be able to sell any of your catch. This is the case even if you are just selling what you don't want for yourself to friends or a fishmonger.

You don't need a licence if:

  • you only fish for salmon or migratory trout.
  • your vessel is 10 metres or less in length and you're only going to fish for common eels
  • you only fish within the 12 nautical mile limits around Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man  contact the relevant authority for advice about their licensing requirements
  • you only use your vessel for carrying anglers who are fishing for pleasure

Help with obtaining your licence

Your local Maritime Management Organisation (MMO) office can advise you which licence you need.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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