New equipment may mean that rescue operations can be carried out more efficiently.
This week saw the tragic loss of a French trawler off the Lizard in Cornwall. This happened on the same day that a new satellite system was revealed. This new idea will track fishing boats off the coast and if the boat sinks a distress signal will be sent immediately.
About 40% of all lives lost in UK water are fishermen who run into troubled seas.
In 2002 the RNLI launched 788 fishing vessel operations and rescued 1,288 people, with 115 lives saved.