Abstract

Fishing vessels of less than 20 tons which account for 95.7% of the registered fishing vessels in Korea, are frequently exposed to marine accidents. We conducted a survey on maritime affairs and fisheries administration policy for safe navigation and management of small vessels for fishermen working in small fishing vessels using questionnaire survey. Based on the results of the survey, we conclude that it is necessary to add training on risk factors for each fishing process during fishing activities, and to provide customized safety training to ensure safety and on lifesaving equipment installed on small fishing vessels. Moreover, small vessel communication operation should be established so that rescue requests can be made promptly in case of marine accidents. In addition, issues of obsolete facilities and scarce crews can be partially solved by improving the living environment, mechanization, and labor saving with the use of fishing equipments on deck by developing coastal and offshore standard fishing vessels. It is considered that there is scope for improving comfort and safety of fishing environment for fishing vessel to operate.

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