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Your profession: Commercial fisher (m/f)

Professional activities

Commercial fishers working in aquaculture and inland fishing breed fish, crabs or mussels, e. g. in ponds and tanks, or manage natural waters. They catch fish and crabs ready for sale, harvest mussel beds and market products.

Commercial fishers working in inshore and small-scale deep sea fishing fish the coastal waters of the Baltic and the North Sea. They are involved in the navigation of fishing vessels, operate fishing gear, process the catch, and sell their products.

Fields of work

Possible places or areas of employment for commercial fishers include the following,

  • Fish breeding companies
  • Fish farms
  • River and lake fishing
  • Sea fishing companies
  • Public organisations and research institutions, e. g. test institutes in the fishery sector
  • The fish trade
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The professional profiles are based on information from berufenet at the Federal Employment Agency and BIBB (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training).