Kingfisher Information Service - Cable Awareness

damage to submarine cable
Damage to submarine cables is expensive to repair and can cause disruption to international telecommunications.

Fouling a submarine cable can be extremely hazardous to fishing vessels.

beam trawler foulling cable

 

 

 

KIS-CA charts enable you to avoid submarine cables in UK waters, and are free of charge.

If you do foul a cable, make sure you follow the emergency procedures to safeguard your vessel and your crew.

The following sequence of events shows what can happen if a vessel fouls a submarine cable.

 

first of sequence showing how cable snagging can cause capsize
second of sequence showing how cable snagging can cause capsize
third of sequence showing how cable snagging can cause capsize
fourth of sequence showing how cable snagging can cause capsize
fifth of sequence showing how cable snagging can cause capsize
last of sequence showing how cable snagging can cause capsize
First fouling of Cable by fishing gear
Starting to retrieve gear
Submarine cable almost impossible to release
First realisation of fouling a cable
Cable should be lowered to seabed to eliminate danger of capsize.


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This project has been part financed by the European Union. The grant was awarded by the Marine & Fisheries Agency.