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A Commercial Fisherman's paradise
Commercial fishing is the activity of catching fish and other seafood for profit. Working conditions of this job are not glamorous at all. Long days of hard work with little breaks, cold weather in the Artic's, and sea sickness. Yuck! Through all of these harsh conditions is a great reward which is known as money. This job is a well paying job for people who haven't received a college education because, everything you need to know for this job is taught to you as a deckhand on the ship. Once the suffering of those cold nights as a deckhand conclude there maybe a high position know as captain. Salary of this job can vary throughout ships and countries, but most are paid really well and also how well there fishing season went. If a lot of fish are caught the better the profit will be.
Pros and Cons
Some cons about this fisherman life style are that death rates are really high and continue to sky rocket. Also, this job is not just a 30 min drive to work, its month and yearly, so seeing family is really hard for commercial fisherman. Some pros about commercial fishing are that salary is really good for people and these fisherman can raise a family with it. Also, most commercial fisherman are self employed, meaning that no contracts are signed in saying how long you have to be on ship.
Type of equipment used daily in commercial fishing
Trotline
A trotline is heavy fishing line with hooks even spaced on a spool. This is used by dropping it in the ocean and leaving it there while waiting for fish to be hooked!
Commercial Fishing Boat
This isn't just a normal boat, but it is a boat that has equipped technology used to reel in the fish in large quantities. Also it has storage space to hold a lot of fish and or seafood.
Sonar
Sonar is used a lot while commercial fishing. It detects and shows patterns of fish and or seafood that commercial fisherman need to catch.
HELP WANTED
The reason this career is needed is because if there was no commercial fisherman in the world how would we get all the fish products we know today. New studies conclude better techniques on catching the fish and new technology advances.
3 main reasons this job is important...
1. The main reason this job is needed is because it brings in huge salary to people who were not able to get a college education.
2. Another reason this job is needed is because consumers are always wanting big and better products, in this case fish, but there will always be a completion for who can catch the most of this certain type of product for the best price.
3. Lastly, Boost the supply and demand which causing the economy to boom.
WANNA LEARN MORE?
http://www.nationalfisherman.com/
http://fishermenforbristolbay.org/
Here you see one design of fishing boat. It has the nets on the sides for fishing in big quantities.
A man with a fish basket trap.
Another style of net used by commercial fisherman.
The show "Deadliest Catch" is about commercial fisherman fishing for crabs of all kinds.
This is a picture of some deckhands working and lowering a huge basket!
Cold temperatures can cause ice to cling to the boat but that doesn't stop the fisherman as you see!
This picture shows a happy group of deck hands!