Do you need any license/certification to fish as a business? Also do you need to have some kind of agreement with the company you sell your fish to? Just asking because I’m trying to do the same
Shit I'll sign up right now cause I'm over here breaking my back for less doing something I hate so I'm legit gonna look into this cause fishing is a lot of things and if it can be a job for me I'll be a happier man.
Wrong. Deckmates either get a flat rate or a percentage, so the other guys made even less lmao. When I was a lobsterman it was me and the captain. I got 30% of whatever we caught and sold for that day. We'd usually catch between 400-600$ worth per day, 900-1200$ during peak season. You have your seasons where you only pull in like 300$ a day but those seasons you pull in 1k make up for it. Ask this dude how much he catches during peak. Probably makes 130$ an hour
@@donttrickimtricky.8567 No, 9.33€ per person for a fisher in high season means that theyre EXTREMELY BAD fisher or its an off season / just a bad day. Its a bad day, they know what they do! When me and my uncle where fishing (Im austrian but he is norwegian) him and his 2 buddies would make ~12€/h each in a bad day and +50€/h in a the best week in the year. And Im not even saying 50€/h was the maximum… It is a really inconsistent job and you have to save a few bucks for the off season! And even the best fishers have to save money to be able to keep up the live standard.
I’m actually not so sure about that They get close to half of the market price of those fish Meaning the most that the brokers can get is well…the other half It’s just the brokers end up with their half, another boats half, another another boats half, etc etc etc
@@ZebraLuvthey dont work for seafood companies. They sell their fish to a fish buyer who then sells the fish to a distributor who then sells to a restaurant/market who then sells to the consumers. Every step up the chain it gets a little more expensive to cover extra costs such as rent for the building for the fish buyer or trucking costs for the distributor or cooks for the restaurant. Usually a fish buyer will pay less than if the fisherman sold directly to the public but its incredibly convinient to sell all your fish in bulk and you dont need to set up a shop and pay for refrigeration and all other cost of a shop. Fisherman dont want to be merchants so the fish buyer is a benifit for fisherman.
It's not upper management either, it's ownership. Owners of fishing companies, owners of markets, owners of brokerages. They don't have to do shit, they pay the managers for that, but they reap all the extra value that's produced by everyone's work.
@@sirpieman300 in some states, to buy directly from the fishermen you will need a dealers license and report weekly on weights and purchases. That's why often fishermen sell to dealers who then sell to wholesalers.
The store mark up is to cover the labor of the market employees, trucking costs, electricity/rent for the market, etc... Every step from fisherman to consumers adds a extra layers of cost. Your basically paying extra to not have to go to the dock and buy straight from the fisherman. Its convinient enough that this is the way it works in most of the world.
This is why you should buy direct from your local producer (ranch, farm, fisherman). At $1/lb I wouldn't be going out there unless I had a way to haul up hundreds of pounds. As the consumer, you should learn to fillet your own fish and stock up when something comes in that you like.
Black sea bass are one of my favorite fish! Nothing beats fresh caught. The smaller ones make for the best fried fish or elevated sandwich. The meat is tender but it holds its shape better than other super flaky fish. Gotta try it if you haven't!
28 an hour isn’t bad on a vacuum but when you factor in how you can just be hit with very inconsistent days Random repairs And that your job while not high risk, still has some risk involved
$28 an hour split between (at least) three people. That's less than $10 an hour, not to mention the possibility of less bites in a particular day (or more if you're lucky I suppose!)
Never understood why commercial fishing get to keep smaller fish and more of them and me just a Normal guy has to catch monsters to keep them and if I am lucky to fall into a good run I can only keep a fraction of what commercial fisherman catch. Who is really making a bigger difference? Me who gets out a few times a year, keeping a few lbs of fish or the commercial fisherman who gets out almost everyday and can keep hundreds of lbs each day? Just let recreational fisherman fish freely.
I think it has to do with the fact that theres way more oversight. Rec guys are more likely to keep undersize stuff than commercial. We get boarded and checked at the dock CONSTANTLY. Also theres alot more rec. Boats than commercial. They can directly count how maby licenses they give out and how much was caught which is alot harder to calculate than rec. Which they also keep track of but, don't know what is caught year to year as much.
282.40... but doesn't account for cost of insurance... maintenance... cost of supplies etc. Then divide by 3 per person. Bloke is making less than min wage in most places.
@@mathmanchris666, I’m a carpenter. I just now hit $20 an hour 😂. It’s steady work though. But thanks to Covid the price on wood went through the roof. Hurt our trade quite a bit.
@@MrSamrchds because the water is vary ruff because of tropical storms and being in the middle of the ocean and ever thing is much more expensive like gas and lots of fishing tackle.
@@adventuresofhawaii3375 Yeah, it's not like Hawaii is known for having beautiful, crystal clear water surrounding it. In every video of Hawaii anyone has ever seen, the sea is like mud and people have to stay inside because the weather is so bad...
@@mmfish Something to do with fishing? Hmmm... astronaut? No that's not it, errr... bartender? No that's not it either. This is way too difficult.... WAIT! Got it. Have you ever considered (and this will sound crazy but hear me out)... becoming.... a fisherman?
Yes the cost of labor factors into the cost of fish at the grocery store, just not exclusively the fishermans. Theres still somebody who has to transport it, store it and prepare it before its sold on a shelf. Anything that adds more cost to the production is obviously going to raise the price. Its not entirely just some cheap middleman in the form of a corporation and the current rate on inflation doesn’t help any of this.
It is never the farmer, grower, fisherman, or the rancher getting rich on the activities. Almost always it is the middlemen and the final seller making money.
The fish we have at the local grocery stores is from the company I work for. We buy containers of LL haddock from Norway or pacific cod from Alaska. It’s then thawed, run through 2 million dollars of machinery on a 22 person crew. We average about a 45% yield from the raw material, make blocks of mince that gets sold to a pet food maker, skins are frozen and sold to another supplier to make fish skin treats or makeup. The grocery store sells it for 12.99 to 16.99 a lb. If we bought fresh from the auction the cost is a lot higher and the fish is softer since it wasn’t flash frozen.
Those 2 guys are noobs making a youtube video. Two commercial deckhands are going to be able to catch and handle fish at a much much faster rate. They would put 3 or 4 times the amount of fish on the boat than these youtube guys doing it for the first time. So 28/hr is reasonable to estimate.
I’m all for commercial guys making money. They work hard but as an angler who spends a lot of money to also use a passion to provide food to my family and friends, It’s absolutely crazy we have different rules. Who has a bigger impact on the resources, us who have tighter regulations or others who can harvest more with wider guidelines. Again, this isn’t a knock against the commercial guys, they work their ass off for every penny. I’m speaking of the folks that make the rules. Keep catching fellas!!!
Keep in mind as a commercial fisherman, you need to supply all your own gear. Boats and boat maintenance can be incredibly expensive. I spend a lot of time in Prince Edward Island and it’s always funny to see people in these little mobile homes with a giant commercial fishing boat in their driveway with a super expensive car or truck sitting next to it. They can make a lot of money and it can be hard and dangerous work but they usually live pretty humble lives where I’m from so I’ve always respected that profession greatly.
Worked with a guy who dredged conch, we’d have over 20 totes and I figured out he was making 1200-2500 a day minus gas! And paying deck help 200 each for a total of 400. So not bad
You also need a Saltwater Product license to sell your fish and you have to be able to provide so many lbs of Whiting a year before you can target other species.
You need a boat to go out and catch those fish, boat payment. Keeping the boat in the water? Dock space rent. Pulling the boat out of the water after each use? Truck payment. It's expensive.
glad this video is here. I commercial fish in alaska amd we get screwed on our fish prices. The people that risk their lives and actually catch the fish get barely enough to survive nowadays
The difference between commercial and recreation: Recreation you are catching what you need for yourself and maybe a few friends Commercial you catch fish to be sold for many people.
The prices in Jamaica would be like 2x those or more, could easily make $4-6 per pound on each of those fish. But it's harder to catch a good haul these days.
If you add in all the hours of prep and afterwards, it goes down to 14 an hour, split that with 3 people and that's about 4.50 an hour per person. Add in maintenance per day over an average year, and how much you spend on gear per year on average for a single day....the gas food and travel per person just to get to the boat and back home, and you are somewhere around -200$ per hour per person. I used to do this. Our average joke when people asked us if we could make money off of our bluefin tuna trips, "we could...but we could never afford to try and make money off this." Fishing is the most expensive form of eating fish you could ever imagine. It is a hobby that has a small job component on the side
This is NOT where fish in stores comes from. Fish from stores comes overwhelmingly from industrial fishing, where they emply gigantic fishing nets that catch everything including dolphins, turtles and pregnant whales.
Hey man love your content, I'm an upcoming commercial fisherman myself! I would love to see you making a video explaining the different types of fishing, gillnetting, seining, and long lining. Thanks!
Don’t there is a lot they ain’t telling like how they’re using their daddy’s boat and they gotta split that 28/hour and which is 9.33 person better off working somewhere else
Where I live on a remote island we have to fillet the fish ourselves on the pier feed frams and guts to sharks then sell to restaurants. Restaurants buy our fish at $30/per kilogram. Usually we fill the boats bin and make 2000 on a good day. But usually around 1.5k seems to be average for me. And this can be everyday If I have the energy too. Usually setup 4 alveys 5 hooks per alvey usually 5 fish every minute per alvey
Ya, guys let’s be real. The amount of fish they sold does not feel fair for the compensation. I look at it at how much I would pay for one of those fish at a market. I live in Canada so big diff but w.e. 1 Jumbo would probably cost me 25-30$.
You also have to consider this is just a small center console with 3 crew members just trying it out. Most commercial fishing companies have large ships that catch fish in bulk racking up thousands of pounds in a few hours. So don’t let this video get you feeling too bad😂
On this outing they made roughly' $1.60/lb after costs. Doesn't sound quite right, although I'm sure it is, I'm not doubting the information but $280 (after costs) for 10 hours work split between 3 people. There has to be a better way. Maybe selling direct to restaurants and fish markets (granted you live in the right area).
$28 an hour but you’re paying three guys on the boat not to mention it’s hard work.. it’s a struggle fellas. Bless you. We are all out here trying to survive 🤙
Gotta respect commercial fishermen. It's a damned hard job, it's dangerous, you're almost guaranteed skin cancer in later life, and you get paid pennies. It's a job of love, not profit.
Dang. Those are slightly better than warehouse wages in a deadly industry (FedEx pays +$22 starting). Better to keep your feet on land until the fish markets value you.
If your spending 125$ a day in gas and ice you need to bring those margins closer to $0 the closer you get the more you yield pay wise $$$ find a lower weight vehicle to tow with possibly a strong inline 6 or v6 with decent towing, try to find a place that sells ice in bulk and store the leftover ice you don’t need in your own freezer 👍 it’s all about the margins
If my fishing skills were a little bit better and I had the right equipment, I would be perfect for this because I don't get sea sick so I can be out there for hours and I love fishing
i see a lot people in this world think fishing is really easy i would agree at a lake yes but you gotta include weather amounts fished right place to fish and many more
And you wonder why there’s no fish anymore to catch. As a freshman in South Carolina, I go out in the ocean fishing quite often and Lucky to catch one keeper. I think that all fishing should be regulated the same
this is why I am seriously considdering breeding certain aquatic animals, from a certain type of shellfish that is desireable both for it's meat as it's vibrant blue mother of pearl (in dutch we call it parelmoer)
Nevermind the different laws between states. Oh, that striper is undersized in Rhode Island? Better call my buddy ten minutes away who has a NY license.
The supermarket had Black Sea Bass for $22/lb on Sat and it looked old. slimy, red eyes, etc. Figure the average fish is around 3lb judging by the size, that's $66 each. There just isn't any way I'd pay that. They're not bad to eat but I'd just as well eat catfish from the river caught on $3 worth of chicken livers or bits of dog food.
We call black sea bass "greenheads" when they get as big as the one he held for the camera. Best eating little fish ever. We catch them 2 at a time. There's a limit now, but there wasn't back before 2010 or so.
Yeah, let's set stricter rules on the everyday fisherman but not commercial fisherman. You wonder why there are less fish? It's time to rethink our rationale about fishing regulations. I understand that commercial fisherman need to make a living, but there should not be that big of a differential between size regulations when it comes to commercial vs civilian catch. And this exists across countless species of fish. IT'S NOT RIGHT AND THEY NEED TO FIX IT!
These fisherman should be getting paid a lot more considering the risk, insurance, and it's not every day you do that well commercial fishing. These fisherman need to change the laws were they can sell directly to the public.
No, it’s not the fisherman who are winning in the equation. Is the beyond wealthy individuals who own the fishing companies. By the way, it’s also those beyond wealthy individuals who are killing our oceans!!
My grandpa is a commercial fisherman. He catches halibut, crab, and prawn. All on his like 75 year old boat. I went with him once, and made 1000$ in 10 days, though it was supposed to be 2000, we caught less than half of what we expected to catch.
I understand it’s your job, as a person who fishes recreationally it seems like out legislators have put a price on our resources that is almost laughable.
I hate it when fishermen leave the fish to suffocate. Not only is it inhumane but it also dramatically decreases the quality of the meat because of the lactic acid build up
i get.55 cents a pound for catfish in ky...i do trotlines. and ive had bad days where i only get 80 pounds and my best day is around 500 lb. if i could only get 500 lb each day then it wouldnt be bad. but right now its a grindfest.. but im new so hopefully ill learn to do better.
And you were not alone, that means you had to divide the earnings. You also have to pay taxes, and maintain the boat, and certainly you also would need some equipment. Plus you have to pay for the place where you keep your boat. But, at least, you have fun. I would work for free on your boat once a week in summer, but I live in London, so it won't work. :-)
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Do you need any license/certification to fish as a business? Also do you need to have some kind of agreement with the company you sell your fish to? Just asking because I’m trying to do the same
I live in California in San Francisco if i were to try to fish and sell them commercially, do you know the steps needed to get paid? Let me know
Gotta stop selling at big g bring your fish to international c food
Omggg alll the poooor fishies we need to just eat grass!!!
Yea but don't you need to split that money with your buddy?
Do you guys not realize that 28$/hr isn't per person. That was their net gain and there was 3 guys out there
I know right.
The money gets the currencies, the rest go back to work.
-IRS Merica
Don't forget the cost of the boat!
This was what I was looking for
I’ve seen videos of ships using nets to catch a lot of fishes and those nets probably caught more than they did in 10 hours in mere minutes.
Gotta really love your job to keep on going that consistently
fishing for a job and making just enough money to enjoy your life sounds like a great life
Shit I'll sign up right now cause I'm over here breaking my back for less doing something I hate so I'm legit gonna look into this cause fishing is a lot of things and if it can be a job for me I'll be a happier man.
It’s fishing. People do that all day everyday for free. Not a bad gig for this 17 year old.
@@johneveryman6296 Always man that's true 😂
@@Ātēkuānieasier said than done. Getting a commercial fishing license isn’t an easy task my friend
That $28 an hour was between 3 people. They made $9.33 each
Wrong. Deckmates either get a flat rate or a percentage, so the other guys made even less lmao. When I was a lobsterman it was me and the captain. I got 30% of whatever we caught and sold for that day. We'd usually catch between 400-600$ worth per day, 900-1200$ during peak season. You have your seasons where you only pull in like 300$ a day but those seasons you pull in 1k make up for it. Ask this dude how much he catches during peak. Probably makes 130$ an hour
If they eat a fish a day they make a lil more.
@@donttrickimtricky.8567 No, 9.33€ per person for a fisher in high season means that theyre EXTREMELY BAD fisher or its an off season / just a bad day.
Its a bad day, they know what they do!
When me and my uncle where fishing (Im austrian but he is norwegian) him and his 2 buddies would make ~12€/h each in a bad day and +50€/h in a the best week in the year.
And Im not even saying 50€/h was the maximum…
It is a really inconsistent job and you have to save a few bucks for the off season!
And even the best fishers have to save money to be able to keep up the live standard.
@@speakinfaxonly21 You really think these are deckmates? Probably brothers of friends. Either way their getting shafted.
Sounds like fair pay.
The fisherman gets the minimum amount. The brokers are the money makers.
God damn if that ain't the truth, across pretty much industry that concerns anything for human/animal consumption
I’m actually not so sure about that
They get close to half of the market price of those fish
Meaning the most that the brokers can get is well…the other half
It’s just the brokers end up with their half, another boats half, another another boats half, etc etc etc
Just like with farming.
At least it’s kinda fun
And the brokers are crooked as hell.
It’s never the men and women that procure the food that reaps the benefits. It’s always “upper management” that takes the biggest slice of the pie.
They work for themselves. There is no upper management.
@@FighteroftheNightman they work for seafood companies. There is always upper management.
@@ZebraLuvthey dont work for seafood companies. They sell their fish to a fish buyer who then sells the fish to a distributor who then sells to a restaurant/market who then sells to the consumers. Every step up the chain it gets a little more expensive to cover extra costs such as rent for the building for the fish buyer or trucking costs for the distributor or cooks for the restaurant. Usually a fish buyer will pay less than if the fisherman sold directly to the public but its incredibly convinient to sell all your fish in bulk and you dont need to set up a shop and pay for refrigeration and all other cost of a shop. Fisherman dont want to be merchants so the fish buyer is a benifit for fisherman.
It's not upper management either, it's ownership. Owners of fishing companies, owners of markets, owners of brokerages.
They don't have to do shit, they pay the managers for that, but they reap all the extra value that's produced by everyone's work.
Very cool content. That $1 medium becomes $3/lb when the dealer sells it. It becomes $6 when retail customer buy it.
Well.. unfortunately it doesn’t just magically appear in a store
@@jaimeortiz59it cost a couple cents to move all the fish they are just making bank
Let's see a full accounting of who is getting paid and who is getting rich.
Probably better to sell it to a local market then
@@sirpieman300 in some states, to buy directly from the fishermen you will need a dealers license and report weekly on weights and purchases. That's why often fishermen sell to dealers who then sell to wholesalers.
General rule: if you feel like a product is “way too expensive”, that’s coming from store mark-up pricing, not the actual labor behind it
The store mark up is to cover the labor of the market employees, trucking costs, electricity/rent for the market, etc... Every step from fisherman to consumers adds a extra layers of cost. Your basically paying extra to not have to go to the dock and buy straight from the fisherman. Its convinient enough that this is the way it works in most of the world.
@@turkey2003 Ontop of that despite the mark up the stores don't usually eat a huge profit.
This is why you should buy direct from your local producer (ranch, farm, fisherman). At $1/lb I wouldn't be going out there unless I had a way to haul up hundreds of pounds.
As the consumer, you should learn to fillet your own fish and stock up when something comes in that you like.
Caught more fish in a day then I will in my entire life (joking)
Loser. Only losers don’t fish
Lol
Dang just get fishing you’ll do it
@@astnvantine I was joking lol. I think I’ve caught over 200 fish this year honestly.
I've caught two so... Probably more than I ever will.
Black sea bass are one of my favorite fish! Nothing beats fresh caught. The smaller ones make for the best fried fish or elevated sandwich. The meat is tender but it holds its shape better than other super flaky fish. Gotta try it if you haven't!
28 an hour isn’t bad on a vacuum but when you factor in how you can just be hit with very inconsistent days
Random repairs
And that your job while not high risk, still has some risk involved
Thats for 3 people so like 9 dollar per person McDonalds pay more.
Basically that trip barely paid everyone’s phone bill
Same for beef, vegetables,etc.
Thanks for doing it in spite of the pay.
Working folks are keeping us going.
I wish u guys can get the biggest and best hauls everyday! Great work!
Fish guys should open their own store to avoid bigger companies making the real profit!
They know fisherman can't afford their own business hence they don't care.... You need money to make money!@xahst
I never want to move to America 😭😭@xahst
As someone who lives/work on the sea, whenever a fisherman call a price I pay because I know how much work went towards that catch
Man I have worked some bummer jobs, where do I sign up?
You don't want it
$28 an hour split between (at least) three people. That's less than $10 an hour, not to mention the possibility of less bites in a particular day (or more if you're lucky I suppose!)
@@Murasame13 not to mention upfront boat cost then wear and tear on the boat if you lucky your making minium wage
Go to Alaska to do it. Way better pay.
Never understood why commercial fishing get to keep smaller fish and more of them and me just a Normal guy has to catch monsters to keep them and if I am lucky to fall into a good run I can only keep a fraction of what commercial fisherman catch. Who is really making a bigger difference? Me who gets out a few times a year, keeping a few lbs of fish or the commercial fisherman who gets out almost everyday and can keep hundreds of lbs each day? Just let recreational fisherman fish freely.
I think it has to do with the fact that theres way more oversight. Rec guys are more likely to keep undersize stuff than commercial. We get boarded and checked at the dock CONSTANTLY. Also theres alot more rec. Boats than commercial. They can directly count how maby licenses they give out and how much was caught which is alot harder to calculate than rec. Which they also keep track of but, don't know what is caught year to year as much.
282.40... but doesn't account for cost of insurance... maintenance... cost of supplies etc. Then divide by 3 per person.
Bloke is making less than min wage in most places.
$28 an hour?! Doing a lot better then me 😂
what profession do you work in?
Shit same im making a little less than 13 an hour finishing drywall
@@Kentuckydude775dude i mean you no disrespect but you are being had. Entry level around ohio is $20 an hour and we have a $10.10 minimum wage.
@@mathmanchris666, I’m a carpenter. I just now hit $20 an hour 😂. It’s steady work though. But thanks to Covid the price on wood went through the roof. Hurt our trade quite a bit.
$28 between the captain and two deckhands.
Initial investment for the boat, the fishing gear...
I thing you guys are doing an honorable thing showing the hard work and dedication these commercial fishermen have !
[sniffs aggressively]
Yeah I should call her😩
Nah hold on 💀
I fish for wrasse, after costs I make about 300-700 dollars per day, but you need good weather for them to bite
Day 6 “And sure enough”
You know what’s crazy. Black Sea bass can run you like $50+ on a restaurant menu.
It’s hard work trust me I am 1 from Kauai Hawaii.
Why would you being from Hawaii be proof it's hard work?
@@MrSamrchds because the water is vary ruff because of tropical storms and being in the middle of the ocean and ever thing is much more expensive like gas and lots of fishing tackle.
how much do you make there, i’m curious? i want a job that something to do with fishing i just ain’t sure what yet.
@@adventuresofhawaii3375 Yeah, it's not like Hawaii is known for having beautiful, crystal clear water surrounding it. In every video of Hawaii anyone has ever seen, the sea is like mud and people have to stay inside because the weather is so bad...
@@mmfish Something to do with fishing? Hmmm... astronaut? No that's not it, errr... bartender? No that's not it either. This is way too difficult.... WAIT!
Got it. Have you ever considered (and this will sound crazy but hear me out)... becoming.... a fisherman?
Thank you guys for your service
Yes the cost of labor factors into the cost of fish at the grocery store, just not exclusively the fishermans. Theres still somebody who has to transport it, store it and prepare it before its sold on a shelf. Anything that adds more cost to the production is obviously going to raise the price. Its not entirely just some cheap middleman in the form of a corporation and the current rate on inflation doesn’t help any of this.
Getting paid for what I love to do..
Now THATS bussin'!!
Yea but then it becomes a grind and will probably take away from the fun, also it’s just jigging
It gets old fast.
Florida keeps moving the requirements for us recreational fishers. However, commercial fishing gets ridiculous limits.
Love the vids man
It is never the farmer, grower, fisherman, or the rancher getting rich on the activities. Almost always it is the middlemen and the final seller making money.
Please make more videos like this!!!!
Please dont
He's being misleading
@@FitzyyLives Yeah but we all make mistakes and I don't think he meant to be misleading
The fish we have at the local grocery stores is from the company I work for. We buy containers of LL haddock from Norway or pacific cod from Alaska. It’s then thawed, run through 2 million dollars of machinery on a 22 person crew. We average about a 45% yield from the raw material, make blocks of mince that gets sold to a pet food maker, skins are frozen and sold to another supplier to make fish skin treats or makeup. The grocery store sells it for 12.99 to 16.99 a lb. If we bought fresh from the auction the cost is a lot higher and the fish is softer since it wasn’t flash frozen.
Lol that math is hilarious. There was at least three people on that boat.
You know that the $28 an hour wasn't per person, it was net profit for the day
@@JeremiahLauzonthat’s why I’m laughing. The title is “how much you make in a day” and that number should have been divided by at least three.
@@topher6_9 ohhh I get what you mean. Yeah they should've shown what the per person rate was too
Those 2 guys are noobs making a youtube video. Two commercial deckhands are going to be able to catch and handle fish at a much much faster rate. They would put 3 or 4 times the amount of fish on the boat than these youtube guys doing it for the first time. So 28/hr is reasonable to estimate.
I’m all for commercial guys making money. They work hard but as an angler who spends a lot of money to also use a passion to provide food to my family and friends, It’s absolutely crazy we have different rules. Who has a bigger impact on the resources, us who have tighter regulations or others who can harvest more with wider guidelines. Again, this isn’t a knock against the commercial guys, they work their ass off for every penny. I’m speaking of the folks that make the rules. Keep catching fellas!!!
It’s never the producer who makes bank. It’s always the Shylock middleman.
Someone had to process it. That costs money.
Keep in mind as a commercial fisherman, you need to supply all your own gear. Boats and boat maintenance can be incredibly expensive.
I spend a lot of time in Prince Edward Island and it’s always funny to see people in these little mobile homes with a giant commercial fishing boat in their driveway with a super expensive car or truck sitting next to it. They can make a lot of money and it can be hard and dangerous work but they usually live pretty humble lives where I’m from so I’ve always respected that profession greatly.
Worked with a guy who dredged conch, we’d have over 20 totes and I figured out he was making 1200-2500 a day minus gas! And paying deck help 200 each for a total of 400. So not bad
You also need a Saltwater Product license to sell your fish and you have to be able to provide so many lbs of Whiting a year before you can target other species.
Black Seabass is soooooooooo good. One of the best.
Yep, as a farmer myself I know perfectly well how the actually fisherman gets hosed.
You need a boat to go out and catch those fish, boat payment. Keeping the boat in the water? Dock space rent. Pulling the boat out of the water after each use? Truck payment. It's expensive.
glad this video is here. I commercial fish in alaska amd we get screwed on our fish prices. The people that risk their lives and actually catch the fish get barely enough to survive nowadays
The difference between commercial and recreation:
Recreation you are catching what you need for yourself and maybe a few friends
Commercial you catch fish to be sold for many people.
In SC it's 13 inches at 7 per person recreational and commercially we get 500 lbs at 11 inches per bass
The prices in Jamaica would be like 2x those or more, could easily make $4-6 per pound on each of those fish. But it's harder to catch a good haul these days.
My boy had a good time fishing with the boys , enjoyed the view and sun , made a good haul , made a good pay and enjoyed every step of it ❤❤
If you add in all the hours of prep and afterwards, it goes down to 14 an hour, split that with 3 people and that's about 4.50 an hour per person. Add in maintenance per day over an average year, and how much you spend on gear per year on average for a single day....the gas food and travel per person just to get to the boat and back home, and you are somewhere around -200$ per hour per person.
I used to do this. Our average joke when people asked us if we could make money off of our bluefin tuna trips, "we could...but we could never afford to try and make money off this."
Fishing is the most expensive form of eating fish you could ever imagine. It is a hobby that has a small job component on the side
This is NOT where fish in stores comes from. Fish from stores comes overwhelmingly from industrial fishing, where they emply gigantic fishing nets that catch everything including dolphins, turtles and pregnant whales.
Yeah super trawlers are awesome. But these guys are still putting in lots of work and feeding many families so they deserve respect.
Hey man love your content, I'm an upcoming commercial fisherman myself! I would love to see you making a video explaining the different types of fishing, gillnetting, seining, and long lining. Thanks!
I'm actually thinking about doing this job after high school. This is a pretty good video.
Don’t there is a lot they ain’t telling like how they’re using their daddy’s boat and they gotta split that 28/hour and which is 9.33 person better off working somewhere else
Im grateful to live near the shore. Fish are super cheap.People must learn to like them.
Where I live on a remote island we have to fillet the fish ourselves on the pier feed frams and guts to sharks then sell to restaurants. Restaurants buy our fish at $30/per kilogram. Usually we fill the boats bin and make 2000 on a good day. But usually around 1.5k seems to be average for me. And this can be everyday If I have the energy too. Usually setup 4 alveys 5 hooks per alvey usually 5 fish every minute per alvey
I love to catch black sea bass during the summer on Cape Cod. Literally my favorite thing to catch besides tuna
My friend is a fisherman and he says the pay is shit but better than fixing sprinkler systems lol
Ya, guys let’s be real. The amount of fish they sold does not feel fair for the compensation. I look at it at how much I would pay for one of those fish at a market. I live in Canada so big diff but w.e. 1 Jumbo would probably cost me 25-30$.
Rod caught is so much better than net caught cam and you are good men
You also have to consider this is just a small center console with 3 crew members just trying it out. Most commercial fishing companies have large ships that catch fish in bulk racking up thousands of pounds in a few hours. So don’t let this video get you feeling too bad😂
On this outing they made roughly' $1.60/lb after costs.
Doesn't sound quite right, although I'm sure it is, I'm not doubting the information but $280 (after costs) for 10 hours work split between 3 people. There has to be a better way. Maybe selling direct to restaurants and fish markets (granted you live in the right area).
$28 an hour but you’re paying three guys on the boat not to mention it’s hard work.. it’s a struggle fellas. Bless you. We are all out here trying to survive 🤙
He’s better off running a private charter. Charters pay a lot more.
This is why farm raised fish are more affordable. It's just not profitable to fish like this unless you charge a premium.
The most recreational commercial I’ve ever seen fish was .5$ out I’m Bristol this year
Plus all the equipment used. Boat payment. Tackle.
That’s a tough living.
Gotta respect commercial fishermen. It's a damned hard job, it's dangerous, you're almost guaranteed skin cancer in later life, and you get paid pennies. It's a job of love, not profit.
Damn everybody wanna get over on the people that actually do the hard work.. all that fish in the store we easily would of paid $700 no cap
Dang. Those are slightly better than warehouse wages in a deadly industry (FedEx pays +$22 starting). Better to keep your feet on land until the fish markets value you.
Thank you for explaining this to people who think all the money goes to fishermens.
If your spending 125$ a day in gas and ice you need to bring those margins closer to $0 the closer you get the more you yield pay wise $$$ find a lower weight vehicle to tow with possibly a strong inline 6 or v6 with decent towing, try to find a place that sells ice in bulk and store the leftover ice you don’t need in your own freezer 👍 it’s all about the margins
If my fishing skills were a little bit better and I had the right equipment, I would be perfect for this because I don't get sea sick so I can be out there for hours and I love fishing
Homedepot and Walmart start at 13-20$, and they makin $ 9.30 an hour with all that work. Sheesh couldn’t imagine but i guess you do what you love
i see a lot people in this world think fishing is really easy
i would agree at a lake yes
but you gotta include
weather
amounts fished
right place to fish
and many more
And you wonder why there’s no fish anymore to catch. As a freshman in South Carolina, I go out in the ocean fishing quite often and Lucky to catch one keeper. I think that all fishing should be regulated the same
Right! It's not right the "pros" get to play by different rules.
This is why commercial fishers usually uses nets and traps. That, or they use several fishing lines.
still shocking that in some places that's still better than minimum wage (in the U.S.) 💀
(yes I know the $28 is split between all of them)
Baby Blacks are so beautiful stoked to see them being caught the right way.
Nothing is better then fishing and making new friend or with friends
I wanna buy directly from the fisherman at 70% of the retail price. Win-win
this is why I am seriously considdering breeding certain aquatic animals, from a certain type of shellfish that is desireable both for it's meat as it's vibrant blue mother of pearl (in dutch we call it parelmoer)
So, the commercial fisherman are legally taking what is considered undersized fish for recreational fishing? That seems a bit off.
Nevermind the different laws between states. Oh, that striper is undersized in Rhode Island? Better call my buddy ten minutes away who has a NY license.
The supermarket had Black Sea Bass for $22/lb on Sat and it looked old. slimy, red eyes, etc. Figure the average fish is around 3lb judging by the size, that's $66 each. There just isn't any way I'd pay that. They're not bad to eat but I'd just as well eat catfish from the river caught on $3 worth of chicken livers or bits of dog food.
We call black sea bass "greenheads" when they get as big as the one he held for the camera. Best eating little fish ever. We catch them 2 at a time. There's a limit now, but there wasn't back before 2010 or so.
Everything in the food industry doesn't involve properly compensating the ones actually providing the food
Yeah, let's set stricter rules on the everyday fisherman but not commercial fisherman. You wonder why there are less fish? It's time to rethink our rationale about fishing regulations. I understand that commercial fisherman need to make a living, but there should not be that big of a differential between size regulations when it comes to commercial vs civilian catch. And this exists across countless species of fish. IT'S NOT RIGHT AND THEY NEED TO FIX IT!
These fisherman should be getting paid a lot more considering the risk, insurance, and it's not every day you do that well commercial fishing. These fisherman need to change the laws were they can sell directly to the public.
No, it’s not the fisherman who are winning in the equation. Is the beyond wealthy individuals who own the fishing companies. By the way, it’s also those beyond wealthy individuals who are killing our oceans!!
My grandpa is a commercial fisherman. He catches halibut, crab, and prawn. All on his like 75 year old boat. I went with him once, and made 1000$ in 10 days, though it was supposed to be 2000, we caught less than half of what we expected to catch.
Hats off to commercial fishermen, crabbers and lobster men. Heroes without capes…..and sometimes a paycheck.
Sucks that commercial gill netting is illegal in the US. I make $38/hour as a fisherman in Canada out of Lake Erie
We need to increase commercial keepers by 2 inches and increase the take on shark fishing by 20% to equalize human pressure on fishing.
No, child. We need less regulations on fishing if anything. I always keep small fish since it’s still good food.
@@demaciasolos I would too. Notice the word “commercial” in my first post?
I understand it’s your job, as a person who fishes recreationally it seems like out legislators have put a price on our resources that is almost laughable.
Don’t forget that some grocery stores or other processing facilities will inject water to make it heavier so you pay more
We know who makes the money, definitely not the guy doing the work.
I hate it when fishermen leave the fish to suffocate. Not only is it inhumane but it also dramatically decreases the quality of the meat because of the lactic acid build up
Good thing the only fish I eat are the ones I catch. You’d NEVER see me shopping for fish with the amount of fishing gear I have😂
Thanks, gentleman, for the work!
i get.55 cents a pound for catfish in ky...i do trotlines. and ive had bad days where i only get 80 pounds and my best day is around 500 lb. if i could only get 500 lb each day then it wouldnt be bad. but right now its a grindfest.. but im new so hopefully ill learn to do better.
This is a do it for the fun not the money operation. A day fishing is priceless but they should be getting a lot more $$$.
Guy makes $28/hr and says their not winning. Bro what. I wish I made $28/hr never mind doing something I love
Only that there were 3 people doing the fishing.
And you were not alone, that means you had to divide the earnings. You also have to pay taxes, and maintain the boat, and certainly you also would need some equipment. Plus you have to pay for the place where you keep your boat. But, at least, you have fun. I would work for free on your boat once a week in summer, but I live in London, so it won't work. :-)