The organization is urging fishermen with an unregistered beacon aboard their vessel to get it registered as soon as possible.
“A lot of people don’t realize that when you’re selling your boat or transferring it, that’s a point where you absolutely have to re-register your beacon to the new owner.”
“Are they doing maintenance on their boat? What are the circumstances surrounding this activation?
“Most of the time it’s an accidental activation and that allows us to close that (incident) off and we know right away if there’s distress or not.
“Doing that helps us to keep our resources ready for when there’s actually people in need.”
Other factors where registration details need to be updated include: if you move, if you want to update emergency contact information, if your phone number changes, or if any of the important information in the registry changes such as colour of vessel.
Read more here:
https://www.kingscountynews.ca/business/coast-guard-urges-boat-owners-to-register-emergency-beacons-282753/