2007년 어선원노동협약은 어선원의 근로조건, 거주설비 및 식량, 산업안전․보 건, 그리고 의료관리 및 사회보장 등 양호한 근로 및 생활 조건을 보장하고 향 상하는 데에 목적이 있다. 국제적으로 통일된 최소한의 어선원에 대한 최소의 노동기준이 채택된 것에 큰 의의가 있다. 최근 우리 정부는 어선원의 근로조건 향상을 위하여 관련 연구 용역을 수행 한 바 있으며, 협약 수용에도 많은 관심을 나타내고 있다. 이 논문에서는 수산 업계에 대한 실태와 설문분석을 하였으며, 이를 바탕으로 협약 수용 시 산업계 에 큰 영향을 미칠 수 있거나, 협약의 내용과 우리 법령의 내용의 차이가 있어 법률을 개정해야 하는 사항들을 위주로 식별하여 분석하고, 선원법령의 선원법 령의 정의규정, 적용범위, 최저연령, 휴식시간 등 입법안을 제시하였다.

This study intends to present a direction for the better reforming of fishers'onboard living conditions and proposals for preparing for ratification of the Work in Fishing Convention by means of making a comparison between standards on recent national fishing vessel accommodation facilities and standards on the Work in Fishing Convention and Its Recommendation, 2007, ILO. For the most part of standards on national fishing vessel accommodation facilities are somewhat insufficient to satisfy the provisions in Annex III of the Convention. Considering by items on fishing vessel accommodation facilities, the standards on insect protector, noise and vibration, heating and air conditioning, lighting, persons per sleeping room, recreational facility are not provided in national law. Headroom, separation of accommodation, sleeping room floor area, mattress size, mess room, galley and food storage are partially sufficient for the Convention. In case of sanitary facilities, national standards are not sufficient for the Convention. The other side, facilities related safety of ship and crew such as emergency escape etc., are fully sufficient for the Convention. These insufficiencies caused by different types of fishing vessel depend on originality of fishing method and practices. In the comparison between equivalent tonnage about vessel's length on convention and calculated tonnage of national existing fishing vessel, the difference are 226tons about length 24m and 501tons about length 45m. For that reason, headroom, persons per sleeping room, cabin of sicker and injured, sanitary facilities may decide to use gross tonnage in place of length (L) and the alleviating measure basis of convention. But in case of standards on sanitary facilities which are unsufficient for the Convention, specially in coastal fishing vessel length basis should be adopted with alleviating basis for less than length 24m.