Fishing industry

Description

The business model of the fishing industry, including recreational, subsistence and commercial fishing, and the harvesting, processing, and marketing sectors.

Commercial fishing aims at the delivery of fish and other seafood products for consumption or for other industrial processes.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 9 occupations
  • Optional in 7 occupations
  • Total: 16 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 6 (Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers)

Essential for

  • Fisheries adviser
    A fisheries adviser is a professional who provides guidance and expertise in the management and sustainable development of fisheries. This role involves working with government age…
  • Aquaculture production manager
    Aquaculture production managers plan, direct and coordinate the production of fish, shellfish or other forms of aquatic life such as cash crops, in large-scale aquaculture operatio…
  • Aquaculture recirculation manager
    Aquaculture recirculation managers control the production of aquatic organisms in land-based recirculation systems, manage water re-use processes and supervise complex circulation,…
  • Aquaculture husbandry manager
    Aquaculture husbandry managers specialise in the husbandry of ongrowing aquatic species, especially in the feeding, growth, and stock management processes. Other titles The followi…
  • Aquaculture site supervisor
    Aquaculture site supervisors supervise production processes in large-scale aquaculture operations and inspect aquaculture sites to maintain and improve performance. They maintain t…
  • Fisheries master
    Fisheries masters plan, manage and execute the activities of fishing vessels inshore, coastal and offshore waters. They direct and control the navigation. Fisheries masters can ope…
  • Fisheries observer
    Fisheries observers record and report on fishing activity and the level of compliance and enforcement of conservation measures in force in the work area by controlling the vessel's…
  • Aquaculture mooring manager
    Aquaculture mooring managers carry out and supervise the mooring of cages in stable stations, drifting cages or even self-propelled and semi-submerged cages. They safely operate an…
  • Fisheries boatmaster
    Fisheries boatmasters operate fishing vessels in coastal waters performing operations at the deck and engine. They control the navigation as well as capture and conservation of fis…

Optional for

  • Aquaculture hatchery manager
    Aquaculture hatchery managers plan, direct, and coordinate the production in large-scale aquaculture operations to breed fish and shellfish, developing aquaculture breeding strateg…
  • On foot aquatic resources collector
    On foot aquatic resources collectors collect spat and seaweed, as well as shellfish or any other aquatic animal, such as crustacean and echinoderms, or vegetable resources. Include…
  • Deep-sea fishery worker
    Deep-sea fishery workers operate on board fishing vessels to catch deep-sea fish for sale or delivery. They use equipment such as rods and nets to catch deep-sea fish according…
  • Aquaculture cage mooring worker
    Aquaculture cage mooring workers operate highly-specialised equipment in order to moor cages in stable stations, drifting cages or even self-propelled and semi-submerged cages.&nbs…
  • Aquaculture rearing technician
    Aquaculture rearing technicians operate in aquatic organisms' production. They are specialists in the rearing, weaning and production of juveniles. Other titles The following job t…
  • Water-based aquaculture worker
    Water-based aquaculture workers carry out manual activities in the ongrowing processes of cultured aquatic organisms in water-based suspended systems (floating or submerged structu…
  • Aquaculture harvesting worker
    Aquaculture harvesting workers work in the harvesting of those aquatic organisms cultured in land-based on-growing processes. Other titles The following job titles also refer to aq…

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Last updated on February 18, 2026

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