수산실무상 쟁점인 연근해 어업의 어업조정과 자원보전이라는 공익상 목적 으로 제정된「연근해어업의 어업조정 고시」는 법령보충규칙에 해당하고, 고시제정당시 전체 동해구 트롤어선 43척 중에 14척에 한해서만 선미식 조업을 허 가하고 나머지 어선에 대해서는 선미식으로 건․개조를 금지하게 함으로써 기존 에 선미식으로 조업했던 어선이 대체 · 상속 · 매매 · 침몰되었을 때 선미식 조업 어선을 양수한자는 선미식 조업을 할 수 있는지 논란이 된 것이다. 이것은 어 업허가의 양도성과 직결되는 것으로 어업허가는 대물적 허가인지 아니면 혼합 적 허가인지에 대해 의견이 나누어지지만 대물적 허가로 보는 것이 다수견해이 다. 대물적 허가로 보는 견해나 추가된「수산업법」제44조 규정취지를 해석하 면 어업허가는 양도되어야 하지만, 대법원 판결은 기존 어업허가를 받은 자에 게 어선을 양수하더라도 어업허가권까지 양수되는 것이 아니고 양수인은 어업 허가를 새로이 받아야만 허가어업에 종사할 수 있는 것이라고 하여서 어업허가 의 권리양도를 부정하고 있다. 따라서 판례에 따르면 양도인은 선박을 양도한 것이지 어업허가를 양도한 것은 아니므로 선미식 조업 허가권은 여전히 양도인 에게 존재하고, 양수인은 선박을 양수 받은 것이고, 선미식 조업 허가권을 양수 받은 것은 아니다. 동해구 트롤어선의 어업허가권의 법적성격과 승계는 수산실 무에서는 계속 분쟁이 지속되는 문제이므로 이에 대한 연구는 학문적이나 실무 적으로 검토할 가치가 있다.

해양을 이용하려는 수요자 증가에 따라, 해양공간을 합리적으로 배분하기 위해 해양공간계획(Marine Spatial Planning)제도가 도 입되었다. 이 중 어업활동보호구역은 수산자원보호 등 어업활동 보호를 위해 지정되었다. 그러나, 어업활동보호구역을 주로 항해하는 어 선은 우리나라에서 발생하는 해양사고의 약 70 %를 차지할 정도로 위험에 노출되어 관리가 필요하다. 본 연구의 목적은 어업활동보호구 역 내 어선 통항 안전 확보를 위해 어업활동보호구역과 항만·항행구역에서 발생하는 해양사고를 분석하는 것이다. 이를 위해 해양용도구 역의 교통량을 조사하고 선종별, 사고 유형별, 톤수별, 사고원인별, 인명피해별로 해양사고를 조사하였다. 분석 결과 각 유형별 단위 면적 당 해양사고는 대부분 항만·항행구역에서 더 많이 발생하였으나 전체적으로 발생한 해양사고는 어업활동보호구역이 높았다. 특히 인명사 고가 많이 발생하여 통항 안전관리가 필요한 것으로 식별되었다.

With the restriction of foreigners’ entry into Korea due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the fishery industry faced significant challenges in supplying migrant workers. In response to this, there is growing interest in methods that could facilitate the stable employment of migrant workers. This paper investigates whether the current system used for the employment of migrant workers in the fishery industry, which is highly dependent on them, adequately performs its function of providing a stable and skilled workforce amid the intensified labor shortage resulting from decreasing numbers of households with employment in the fishery and the aging Korean fishermen. To this end, past studies and government documents pertaining to the current system were analyzed, and a survey targeting the owners of offshore fishing boats that employ migrant workers was conducted. A total of 147 owners of fishing boats responded to the survey, and the data of 499 migrant workers employed by them were used for the analysis. The analysis indicated that the migrant fishermen had difficulty in acquiring minimum scores for the change of visa status according to the criteria for the Skilled Worker Points System. Furthermore, distinct differences were found between the characteristics and working conditions of migrant workers employed through the Employment Permit System (EPS) and the Foreign Seamen System. Based on this result, this paper suggests the reorganization of the skilled migrant worker system in the fishery industry and the expansion of the regional specialized visa pilot project.

The fishery compensation by marine spatial planning such as routeing of ships and offshore wind farms is required objective data on whether fishing vessels are engaged in a target area. There has still been no research that calculated the number of fishing operation days scientifically. This study proposes a novel method for calculating the number of fishing operation days using the fishing trajectory data when investigating fishery compensation in marine spatial planning areas. It was calculated by multiplying the average reporting interval of trajectory data, the number of collected data, the status weighting factor, and the weighting factor for fishery compensation according to the location of each fishing vessel. In particular, the number of fishing operation days for the compensation of driftnet fishery was considered the daily average number of large vessels from the port and the fishery loss hours for avoiding collisions with them. The target area for applying the proposed method is the routeing area of ships of Jeju outer port. The yearly average fishing operation days were calculated from three years of data from 2017 to 2019. As a result of the study, the yearly average fishing operation days for the compensation of each fishing village fraternity varied from 0.0 to 39.0 days. The proposed method can be used for fishery compensation as an objective indicator in various marine spatial planning areas.

In order to understand basic data for improving the fishing system and fishing vessel structure in coastal improved stow net fishery, a questionnaire survey and on-site hearing were conducted from May 10 to June 11, 2019 to analyze opinions on the improvement of operation status and fishing vessel structure. The questionnaire survey consisted of ten questions on the operation status of coastal improved stow net fishery and six questions on the improvement of fishing vessel structure, and the results of each question were analyzed by the region, the captain’s age, the captain’s career and the age of fishing vessel. As a result of analyzing opinions on the operation status of the coastal improved stow net fishery, it was found that the average time required for casting net was 32.8 to 33.0 minutes and that the average time required for hauling net was 41.0 to 42.2 minutes which took 10 to 12 minutes more than for casting net. The most important work requiring improvement during fishing operation (the first priority) were ‘hauling net operation,’ ‘readjustment and storage of fishing gear,’ and ‘fish handling’ and the hardest factor in fishing management were in the order of ‘reduction of catch,’ ‘labor shortage’ and ‘rising labor costs.’ The most institutional improvement that is most needed in coastal improved stow net fishery was an ‘using fine mesh nets.’ Most of the respondent to the questions on the experience in hiring foreign crews was ‘either hiring or willing to hire foreign crews,’ and the average number of foreign crews employed was found to be 2.3 to 2.4 persons. The most important reason for hiring (or considering employment) foreign crews was ‘high labor costs.’ The degree of communication with foreign crews during fishing operation were ‘moderate’ or ‘difficult to direct work.’ The most important problem in hiring foreign crews (the first priority) was an ‘illegal departure.’ As the survey results on the opinion of structural improvement of coastal improved stow net fishing vessel, the degree of satisfaction with fishing vessel structure related to fishing operation was found to be somewhat unsatisfactory, with an average of 3.3 points on a five-point scale. The inconvenient structure of fishing vessel in possession (the first priority), the space needed most for the construction of new fishing vessel (the first priority) and the space considered important for the construction of new fishing vessel (the first prioprity) was a ‘fish warehouse.’ The most preferred equipment for the construction of new fishing vessel were ‘engine operation monitoring’ and ‘navigation safety devices.’ The average size (tonnage class), the average horse power and the average total length of fishing vessel for proper profit and safety fishing operation was between 13.8 and 14.0 tonnes, 808.3 to 819.5 H.P. and 23.4 to 23.5 meters, respectively. The results of the operation status of coastal improved stow net fishery and the requirement for improving the fishing vessel structure are expected to be provided as basic data for reference when we build or improve the fishing vessel.

This study aims to face common threats from the depletion of fish resources, the decline of production and employment as well as the increase of life risk in East Sea Rim countries, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Russia due to the Chinese fishing fleets entering East Sea. The recent competition in fishing among fishing vessels and fleets of national origin operating in the East Sea has induced a significant change in the ecological landscape of the fishing fleets cluster while having influenced production and employment in the fishing industries of South Korea and Japan as well as life threat on the fishermen in North Korea. It seems that the population organizational ecological theory can be applied to this change. It can be seen as the isomorphism of the selection process over the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to avoid the environment in which these North Korean fishing vessels are pushed against the Chinese fleet in the North Korean part of the East Sea. To resolve the fishery disputes or conflict in the common waters in East Sea, first of all, Chinese fishing fleets will be required to put international pressure so as to solve the unfairness of the illegal fishing and overfishing by the International Fishery Organization or the UN violations of the sanctions against North Korea selling fishing rights to China. Although it is not easy for South Korea to cooperate with North Korea in the short term, South Korea will be able to support the fishery infrastructure in North Korea in the mid- to the long-term to prevent the loss of innocent lives for their fishermen and to raise their incomes.

Recently, the annual emission rate of CO2 that is the main reason for domestic greenhouse gases is the third highest globally, which means it is an extremely serious issue. It is considered that these greenhouse gases affect climate changes. Especially, the emissions of CO2 in the fishing industry are nearly 4.11 million tons each year, occupying 0.7 percent of domestic total emissions. Therefore, this study clearly analyzed fuel consumption of major fish species over the recent five years focusing on large purse seines. It was revealed that mackerels occupied 55.7 percent of total fish catches of large purse seines and 57.5percent of total fishing earnings. Also, fuel consumption was 236.62 liters per ton caught and 179.51liters per million won earned.

In this study, the risk factors of coastal purse seine fisherman were analyzed through a survey of fishery workers of coastal purse seine fishery and the accident compensation insurance data of the fisheries workers of the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives (NFFC). The classified fishing operation accident data was analyzed through 4M (Man, Machine, Media, Management) model of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the accident prevention measures were presented using Harvey's 3E (Engineering, Education, Enforcement) model. The rate of accidents on coastal purse seinens each year was 75.8‰, 36.7‰ and 74.8‰ from 2015 to 2017. The accident frequency resulting from slipping was the highest, and the risk of a contact with gear was low. When comparing each insurance data, the average value of the contact with gear accident was the highest. This research result is expected to be important data in identifying and preventing safety hazards of coastal purse seiner fisherman in the future.

The purpose of this study is to estimate the resource recovery effect and the economic effect of the fishermen by the fisheries vessel buy-back program. First, this study standardizes the fishing efforts of coastal gill net, coastal trap, and coastal composite fisheries using Gavaris general linear model. Second, the resource evaluation is performed by using vessel buy-back program data, and also the CYP model based on exponential growth function is applied. In order to derive the effect of the vessel buy-back program, the MSY with the vessel buy-back program is compared with the MSY without the vessel buy-back program. Finally, we compare and analyze producer surplus under the equilibrium of the MEY and the OA using bioeconomic model. In conclusion, the vessel buy-back program has shown an increase in resource growth and economic improvement for the remaining fishermen. The result shows that the remaining fishermen are able to obtain an increase in producer surplus of about 53% due to the vessel buy-back program under equilibrium levels of the open access and the maximum economic yield.

The International Labor Organization (ILO) selected fishing as the most dangerous group of jobs in the world, and it is well known in Korea as a 4D industry. Offshore large purse seine accounts for the largest portion of the fishing industry in the coastal region with high death rate and the accident rate. The repeated disaster rate survey by the Korea Maritime Institute (KMI) shows offshore large purse seiner is the highest at 22.3 percent and coastal gill nets and offshore stow net are following at 12.4 percent and 11.9 percent in order. Therefore, risk factors occurring in offshore large purse seiners were analyzed based on data from the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives (NFFC) for three years from 2015 to 2017 and 4M (Man, Machine, Media, Management) 3E (Engineering, Education, Enforcement) techniques were used to provide a safe fishing environment. The number of accidents on offshore large purse seiners each year was more than 150, and the number of accidents on every fishing boats was as high as 17 percent in 2015. If the accident rate and the risk level were divided by insurance, the accident resulting from contact with machinery was the highest, and the risk of a contact with gear was low but frequently occurring. This was caused by collisions and contact with gear in situations where death and disappearance risk are not high, and accident types in situations where death and loss risk are considered to be contact with machinery, falls or other accidents. Through these analysis techniques, the frequency and risk of each type of accident on a offshore large purse seiners can be demonstrated, and it is expected to raise awareness of a safer fishing environment and contribute to the reduction of accidents.

For scientific research, a number of acoustic surveys using commercial echosounders equipped in fishing vessels were conducted throughout the world; however, few studies were performed in South Korea. Hence, this research is an preliminary study for presenting the application of a sounder from a fishing vessel. The fishing operations using a pair trawler (7 Cheonghae) was conducted in the Northwest-Western sea of Jeju Island from 20 to 23 April, 2016. Substantial impulse noises and attenuated signals were eliminated by the latest algorithms. Acoustic signals were grouped into the fish aggregations and long layer-like signals. The fish aggregations appeared between 30 and 60 m, and long layer-like signals showed the diurnal vertical migration. Energetic, morphological and positional properties of the fish aggregations and layer-like signals were described. The fish aggregations appeared mainly between sunrise and sunset; however layer-like signals tended to be presented regardless of time in consideration of the time series analysis. On the basis of the consignment sales, Scomberomorus niphonius, the target species of F/V 7 Cheonghae, was the highest catch with 4,280 kg (74.6%) and might have appeared in fish aggregations and layer forms.

The purpose of this study is to analyze the efficiency of distant-water longline fishing vessels in the Pacific Ocean and the gap in efficiencies among individual vessels. In order to estimate the efficiency, the dependent variable is set as an amount of catch and independent variables include number of crew, number of hooks, number of vessel size, and vessels engine power associated with fishing activities of distant water longline fisheries. Analytical result was shown as follows: first, the average efficiency of distant-water longline fishing vessels in the Pacific Ocean was found to be 94%. Second, the number of hooks were found to be statistically significant in each input variable and the appropriate control of the number of hooks would be expected to have a positive effect on the efficiency. Third, the relationship between the age of a vessel and the efficiency was not found statistically.

Due to the environmental changes such as decreasing and aging fishing population and increasing imported marine products, improvement of fishing business competitiveness has become one of important issues. This study aimed to analyze the coastal fishing business units in Busan region and compare their business performances in order to find out success factors. The logistic regression analysis between 4 determination factors of competitiveness and business performances showed that the ship tonnage in the factor conditions, catch of species of fishing types’kg per price in the demand conditions, cooperative sales ratio in the related & supporting industries, and net per cost in the firm strategy, and structure & rivalry had the positive(+) impacts on business performances.

2011년 12월 중국어선의불법어업을 단속하는 과정에서 중국인 선장이 휘두 른 흉기에 의해 대한민국 해경이 사망하는 사고가 발생하면서 단속이 강화되고 검찰이 석방 담보금을 상향하는 등 우리 정부의 적극적 대응에 따라 중국어선 의 불법어업이 잠시 잦아드는 듯하였다. 또한, 2008년 해상공권력 강화대책, 2011년 불법어업 근절 종합대책뿐만 아 니라, 2012년에는 해양경비법을 제정하여 불법어업 단속을 위한 추적 및 나포, 무기 사용 요건 등을 정립하였다. 그러나 세월호 참사로 해경이 사고 수습에 매진하고 있는 가운데 중국어선이 이 틈을 타 불법행위를 일삼는 것은 물론, 최근까지 통계자료를 살펴보아도 중국어선의 불법어업은 줄어들기는커녕 일정한 수준을 유지하거나 오히려 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 특히 중국어선의 불법 어업은 서해 우리 측 배타적 경제수역(Exclusive Economic Zone : EEZ)과 심 지어 우리 영해에서 발생하고 있다는 점에서 재발 방지를 위한 대책마련이 시 급하다. 그런데 중국에서는 수산물 소비량이 급증한 반면 급속한 공업화로 인한 연 안오염과 무분별한 남획으로 인한 수산·어업자원의 고갈, 불법어업행위로 단속 되더라도 3대 엄중위반행위를 제외하면 담보금만 납부하고 어획물을 반환받아 처분하는 게 경제적 이익이라는 인식 등으로 대한민국 EEZ와 영해 내에서 중 국어선의 불법어업은 근절되지 않고 있다. 이처럼 인명피해 뿐아니라 국가적 마찰을 초래하는 중국어선의 불법어업을 근절하기 위해서는 현행 체제에 대한 미비점을 찾고 개선방안 및 발전방향을 도출하여야 할 것이며, 기존의 법률적 근거가 없는 새로운 조치사항들은 따로 제정하거나 보완하는 등의 방법으로 최소한의 법적 근거를 마련하여야 할 것으 로 생각된다. 법령의 효율적 집행과 정비는 물론 단속경찰관의 안전장비 및 진 압장비의 보강과 정부차원의 외교적 노력 또한 뒷받침되어야 할 것이다. 따라 서 이 논문에서는 중국어선의 불법어업 현황과 증가원인을 규명하고, 불법어업 의 근절 및 단속환경 개선을 위한 구체적 방안을 검토한다.

This study estimated quantitatively the loss of the fisheries due to China’s illegal fishing that prevailed in the EEZ of the country in recent and has been an object to present a basic data in the implementation of government policy as to strengthen the enforcement capacity, setting up the direction of the crackdown of Chinese through to figure out an objective loss according to that. The analyzed result of this study setting a reasonable scenario, fisheries resources reduction is estimated about 67.5 million ton and the estimated amount of the loss is about 1.3 trillion won. This is 21.2% of about 318.3 ten thousand tons of the total fishery production of the country and accounts for 61.9% compared to coastal and offshore fisheries production. Therefore it is a very serious problem due to China’s illegal fishing in Korea fisheries sector. It is significant to the point that estimating the qualitative and quantitative losses that can achieve a realistic and effective policy.

어느 산업분야든지 우수한 인력의 확보는 산업의 발전에 필수적 요소이다. 우수한 산업인력이 지속적으로 확보되기 위해서는 해당 직종에 대하여 직업으로 선택할 수 있는 직업적 매력이 존재하여야 한다. 이를 위해서는 인력양성체계는 물론 직종에 대한 사회적 인정과 복지제도 등이 안정적으로 구축되어 있어야 한다. 그러나 어선어업은 3D직종이 가지고 있는 문제점만이 아니라 시간적 공간적으로 장기간 가정이나 사회로부터 떨어져야 하는 문제까지 더하여져 있다. 이러한 문제점 때문에 기피 직업이 되어감으로써 충분한 인력이 확보되지 못하고 있다. 어선어업은 삼면이 바다로 둘러싸여 있는 한국의 경제발전에 많은 기여를 하여 왔으며 우수한 단백질 공급의 식량 산업이며 안보와 국력신장에 반드시 필요한 산업으로써 앞으로도 국가의 발전을 위하여 천혜의 입지조건을 활용하여 지속적으로 발전시켜나가야 할 것이다. 그러기 위해서는 어선해기사의 인력을 충분히 확보할 수 있는 정책적 방안이 마련되어야 한다. 그러므로 이 연구에서는 어선해기사의 체계적인 인적자원 개발과 관리 그리고 근로환경 개선 방향을 제시함으로써 어선어업의 지속적 성장과 발전에 필요한 우수한 어선해기사의 인적자원 방안을 모색하고자 하였다.