Fishermen’s Health and Safety in the Northern Tunisian Region (Southeast Mediterranean Sea): Risk Assessment

Occupational health and safety is becoming more and more crucial to maintain a safe working environment for all types of vessels in Tunisia as maritime workers are exposed to work hazards on a daily basis. With the aim to respond to this national need, we sought, through this work, to diagnose this problem from two perspectives. On the one hand, we inspected the state of the Tunisian regulations related to the fishing activity. On the other hand, we tried to identify maritime hazards to which the crew might be exposed. To do this, we examined the working conditions of the high seas fishing vessels in the northern region of Tunisia particularly the physical environments (sound, light, heat, humidity) through inspections on board fishing vessels (trawlers).