### C. Trends of people involved in fisheries

The number of fishery workers in Japan (excluding Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures) in 2012 was 174,000, decreasing by 2.4% from the previous year. Among them, the percentage of those aged 65 or older was 36.9%, increasing by 0.8 percentage points over the previous year.

The number of new recruits into the fishery and aquaculture industry has been level since 2008, and the number was 1,920 in 2012. A relatively large proportion of the new recruits are younger generations.

Far-seas fishing vessels hardly ever return to Japanese ports, so they operate by acquiring supply and changing crew at overseas ports. Foreign nationals are allowed to board as crew on far-seas fishing vessels that satisfy certain conditions. As of the end of December 2013, 5,255 people were engaged in fisheries on Japanese fishing vessels as foreign crew.

The number of female fishery workers (excluding Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures) in 2012 was 24,000, accounting for 14% of the total number of fishery workers. A relatively large number of women are engaged in onshore operations, such as selection and sorting of catches and fishery processing.

[Changes in the number of fishery workers]

Source: MAFF, Census of Fisheries (figures for 2003 and 2008) and Report on the Survey of Fishing Industry Employment Trends (figures for 2009 to 2012)

[Changes in the number of new recruits into the fishing industry]

Source: MAFF, Results of Survey on New Recruits into Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries Industries (figures for 2002 and 2003) and Census of Fisheries (figures for 2008). Figures for 2004 and 2009 to 2012 are estimated from surveys on new recruits conducted by prefectural governments. Figures for 2005 to 2007 are based on the results of questionnaire surveys conducted by the Japan Fisheries Association on fishery cooperatives.

### D. Securing a safe working environment for fishery operations

O Fishing vessels are subject to a higher incidence of collisions and other marine accidents compared to other vessels such as merchant vessels. The number of fishing vessels involved in marine accidents in 2013 was 646. The total number of people who were killed or went missing in such accidents was 39. Marine accidents involving fishing vessels accounted for 28% of all marine accidents in terms of the number of vessels, and 46.4% in terms of the number of people who were killed or went missing.

O The incidence of work accidents in the fishing industry is high at about seven times the average of all industries. Among the people who fell overboard from fishing vessels (accidents resulting in injury or death) in 2013, 61 were killed or went missing (one person fewer than in the previous year).

O As safety measures, it is necessary to install an automatic identification system (AIS), use fishing vessels that have high stability and are hard to capsize, and ensure safety by wearing life jackets, etc.

[Changes in the number of fishing vessels involved in marine accidents and the number of people killed or gone missing]

Source: Japan Coast Guard

Note: Excluding marine accidents due to heavy snowfall in the San'in region (two vessels in 2010; 215 vessels in 2011).

[Incidence of work accidents of vessel crew and onshore workers (FY2012)]

Industry	Incidence of accidents (per 1,000 people)
All industries	2.2
Forestry	27.1
Mining	6.6
Fisheries	14.9
Onshore freight handling	8.0
Construction	4.2

Source: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Report on Incidence of Accidents and Illness of Vessel Crew (Article 111 of the Mariners Act)