A total of 97,623 ships were registered in Korea in 2019. Among them, 65,835 vessels are registered as fishing vessels. It is accounting for about 67% of the total number of ships. As with the proportion of fishing vessels, the frequency of marine accidents is also high. In 2020, 2,331 of the 3,535 accidents occurred on fishing vessels.
In other words, various institutional arrangements are needed to improve the safety of domestic fishing vessels. In this study, among various parts for improving the safety of fishing boats, domestic and international regulations on domestic and foreign control performance related to fishing boats were examined.
In addition, in order to examine the current status of the rudder area design of fishing boats whose design standards have not been clearly established compared to fishing boats, the ratio of the rudder area of 153 fishing boats operating in Korea was investigated.
As a result, it was statistically confirmed that most fishing boats were designing rudder areas because they did not meet international standards. In the future, these analysis results will be used as basic data for preparing rudder area design standards for improving the maneuvering performance of domestic fishing boats.