Analysis of the status of marine fishing safety in China

With a data collection of domestic and foreign marine fishing accidents and on-the-spot investigation,the present paper analyzes the realities of marine fishing accidents in China on the quantity and types of accident and makes a comparison with those of other trades and foreign fisheries.It reaches the conclusion that the situation of fishing safety is severe and the fishing mortality is high and finds out major causes as follows: decline of the overall guality of fishermen,poor seaworthiness of fishing vessels,disparity between the state of fishing ports and safety requirements,narrow scope of marine operation,underdevelopment of management,deterioration of fishery resources and the incomplete and inconsistent data statistics.A few proposals are put forward to improve the severe situation:(1) completing the law and regulation system of fishing safety;(2) optimizing fishermen structure;(3) improving the quality of fishing vessels;(4) emphasizing fishing port management;(5) emphasizing accident statistics;(6) establishing reasonable and efficient rescue system.