Mokpo Coast Guard, Customized On-site Training... Preventing Maritime Accidents

Safety Management Measures for Fisheries Workers in the Jurisdiction

The Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Kwon Oh-seong) conducted a customized outreach education session for local fishery workers on the 29th of last month.

According to Mokpo Maritime Police on the 2nd, this education was carried out to inform fishery workers about the marine safety services provided by the Maritime Police in order to prevent marine accidents in advance.

Mokpo Coast Guard conducted customized outreach education for fishermen on the 29th of last month.
[Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard]

Since October last year, Mokpo Maritime Police has been providing the "Marine Weather Information Provision Guidelines," implementing proactive safety management such as providing marine weather information, safety broadcasts, and safe area relocation measures targeting high-risk vessels and fishing boats in dangerous waters before weather deterioration.

Through this proactive safety management, accidents caused by weather deterioration have decreased; however, aquaculture management vessels are not required to install or operate vessel position transmitters, limiting the provision of weather information and real-time location monitoring, thus exposing them to safety blind spots.

Accordingly, the Maritime Police educated local fishery workers, especially those engaged in aquaculture, on various ongoing safety management measures including △ updating aquaculture management vessels △ providing weather information △ strengthening safety patrols △ and offering customized education services.

A representative of Mokpo Maritime Police stated, “We will continue to provide customized outreach education services to minimize risk factors for aquaculture management vessels and promote systematic safety management to establish a dense safety network.”

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