Why does fatigue present an elevated risk specifically on fishing vessels, compared with many other commercial vessel types?

A. Fishing vessel crews are exempt from any rest-hour considerations due to the nature of the industry

B. Fatigue is not a meaningful risk factor on fishing vessels since trips are generally short

C. Fishing operations often involve long, irregular hours driven by catch/tide/market timing rather than a fixed watch system, with crew working through fatigue to maximise the trip — increasing the risk of error around exactly the high-hazard gear-handling tasks described above

D. Fatigue only matters for the skipper, not for deckhands handling gear

A. Falls down an internal companionway stairway

B. A crew member working alone or unsupervised on an open, exposed deck while handling gear, often without a properly worn personal flotation device (PFD), with no one immediately aware they have gone over the side

C. Falls during routine vessel maintenance in port

D. Falls while boarding the vessel from the quay

A. Entanglement is a purely theoretical risk with no real-world basis in fishing vessel incidents

B. This hazard is limited only to trawling vessels and does not apply to pot/static gear vessels

C. Entanglement risk is minimal because modern winches have automatic emergency stops that always activate in time

D. Warps and gear-handling machinery operate under very high tension and can apply enormous, near-instantaneous force, capable of causing traumatic injury, dragging a person overboard, or pulling them into machinery before they can react