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Personal Locator Beacon Campaign Update and Application Process

Updated Summer 2024

As of April 2023, the PLB Campaign is now open to Owner/Operators AND Crewmembers!

To learn more about the campaign, and/or submit an application for a PLB, click on the link below. In the PDF file you will find an application form for a Personal Locator Beacon, a Canadian Beacon Registry form, and a sample Canadian Beacon Registry form.

Personal Locator Beacon Application Form

Testing and Activating Your PLB

Testing and Activating Your Personal Locator Beacon

Watch below as fish harvester Jim Chidley demonstrates how to test and activate your McMurdo Fast Find 220 PLB!

Click here to download the McMurdo Fast Find 220 PLB User Manual