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Certificates of medical fitness - answering fishermens' questions

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency answers the questions we've received about how to get a certificate of medical fitness, and why it's important.

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Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Published
24 March 2023
Last updated
2618 MayJuly 2023 — See all updates

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Your certificate of medical fitness questions answered

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By the end of November 2023, fishermen working on a UK vessel must have a certificate of medical fitness – either the ML5 or ENG1.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) advertised the requirement earlier this year, and since then we have received lots of your questions, thoughts and feedback.

We want you to be as prepared as possible ahead of the requirement coming into force, so we’ve created guidance to answer all of your medical certificate questions.

Published 24 March 2023
Last updated 2618 MayJuly 2023 + show all updates

  1. Updated to advise of the maximum validity of an ML5 and the inclusion of additional information at question 17.

  2. Questions 15 and 16 added

  3. First published.