The purpose of this study is to propose a policy improvement plan by analysis of the extinction risk factors reflecting the specificity of fishing villages, fishing village support policies, and settlement conditions of fishing villages as one of the solutions to the immediate problem of fishing village extinction. The results of the study show the higher the level of number of fishing ports, number of returning rural population, and housing diffusion rate, the dependent variable extinction risk index was a positive effect while vacant house ratio and aged house ratio was analyzed to be in was a negative (-) relationship with the dependent variable.The policy implications through this study were to prepare an effective policy to reduce the risk of extinction, to improve urgent settlement conditions, and to prepare a condition to convert returning rural population into fishery population.

Abstract
Ⅰ. 서 론
Ⅱ. 어촌의 현황
    1. 어촌의 특수성
    2. 어촌 지원정책
    3. 어촌 정주여건
Ⅲ. 연구방법
    1. 분석자료 및 변인정의
    2. 분석의 틀
    3. 분석대상
Ⅳ. 분석결과
    1. 기초통계분석 결과
    2. 다중회귀분석 결과
Ⅴ. 결 론
    1. 연구결과
    2. 정책함의
REFERENCES

• 이서구(한국어촌어항공단 어촌본부) | Seo-Gu Lee (Fishing Village Department Fisheries Development, Korea Fisheries Infrastructure Public Agency)
• 김정태(공주대학교 지역사회개발학과) | Jung-Tae Kim (Department of Regional Development Associate, Kongju National University) Corresponding Author