Featured Investigations - Marine

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) investigates for the purpose of advancing transportation safety. It is not the function of the Board to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability.

Capsizing While Under Tow
Small Fishing Vessel L'Acadien II
18 nm Southeast of Cape North
Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
29 March 2008

Communiques

2008-11-26	The Transportation Safety Board of Canada Makes Recommendations to Reduce Safety Risks for Fishing Vessels Operating in Ice
2008-03-12	The Transportation Safety Board of Canada Investigation into Capsizing of L'Acadien II Continues

Report

M08M0010 (HTML)     M08M0010 (PDF) [1,145 KB]

Recommendations

M08-04	That the Department of Transport include in the proposed Fishing Vessel Safety Regulations adequate measures to ensure that all fishing vessels operating in ice-including those participating in the seal hunt-are structurally suited for their operating environment. (M08-04)
M08-05	That the Department of Fisheries and Oceans develops comprehensive safe towing policies, procedures, and practices that take into account all safety risks associated with towing small vessels in ice-infested waters. (M08-05)