Thank you.
I understand some of the safety issues. I come from a boatbuilding background, and I've actually had to do repairs on vessels that were modified unsafely, and had to make the changes. I can understand why some of the fishermen would want to extend their decks to carry more gear and so on.
One of the interesting sections in here is section 3.17(2), which reads:
In the case of a fishing vessel that has undergone a stability assessment, a record of a modification or series of modifications that affects the stability of the vessel shall be kept until the vessel undergoes a new stability assessment that takes into account the modification or series of modifications.
To me that looks like it's just about keeping records of changes, but how long is that in effect until they go through another stability assessment? Are there any implications if that's not adhered to? What's the follow-up to that?