| Summary: | Commercial fishing
is known to be one of the world's most dangerous occupations when compared with
other sectors. According to the data obtained by Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) in 2016, 37.9 million people in the world have been working
as fishermen. According to the same data, there are 4,6 million fishing vessels
in the world. Estimated number of fatalities is more than 24.000 in this sector
and about 24 million fishermen are wounded each year. Although safety at sea
and fishermen awareness are not well studied in our country, it is observed
that more attention is shown to this issue in the international area.
Determination of safety at sea
adequacies of commercial trawlers in Mersin regarding relevant regulations, and
stating the precautions that should be taken into account in order to supply
the safety of workers in fishing vessels, the awareness of fishermen about
safety and the essential training requirements are the main aims of this
study.The data has been obtained by face to face interviews with 102 trawl
fishermen in Mersin Erdemli, Centre of Mersin, and Mersin Karaduvar fishing ports between September 2014 and
January 2015. According to the survey result, 43% of the respondents considered
that fishing is dangerous at the highest level (10 on a 10 pointscale) while 3%
of respondents consider that fishing is dangerous at the minimum level (1 on a
10 pointscale). Of these 102 fishermen, 75% got involved in accidents on board
while 25% did not experience in any accident. In order to minimize the accident
rate at trawl fishing in this area, it is needed to organize the training on
safety at sea and fishing operations and to fulfill the requirements of the
regulations for captains and crews working on fishing vessels.
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