Open AccessEvaluation of occupational health management status and safety issues of the small-scale fisheries sector in Bangladesh
Author(s) -
M.U.M. Abu Zakaria,
Debabrata Paul,
Raju J Das,
Shuva Bhowmik,
Md. Sazedul Hoque,
Abdullah Al Mamun
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international maritime health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.266
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2081-3252
pISSN - 1641-9251
DOI - 10.5603/imh.2022.0002
Subject(s) - fishing , medicine , indigenous , environmental health , scale (ratio) , socioeconomics , occupational safety and health , geography , fishery , ecology , cartography , pathology , sociology , biology
Small-scale fishing is one of the most precarious occupations, with high rates of threats and hazards. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the health hazards and safety issues of fishers involved in small-scale fisheries (SSF).