Please note 1: Jobs Available are changing all the time. I recommend you come back every one to two weeks and check job listings. Go to the job listings on each website below and check for new opportunities. Positions listed indicate the kind of jobs one usually finds on each website. It's very easy if you add this page to your "Favourites" (IE) or "Bookmarks" (Firefox).

Please note 2: When the crewing agent or employer have an on-line application form, you must use it - if you don't, your application goes straight into the waste basket.

Please note 3: None of the listed recruiting agents on this page asks for any placement fee - neither in advance nor later.

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• The Food and Agricultural Organisation in the European Union has indicated (2006) that most of new demand for fish consumption in coming years has to be met by aquaculture production. This means experienced fishermen should strive to acquire more employable skills in that area of knowledge.
  
  
• FAO has brokered an International Treaty that still waits for some more countries to sign: "Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing". So far ( 2010 ) 16 countries has signed this treaty, which will turn active once 25 member countries have affixed their signatures. This will be one more agreement Port State Control will oversee. The last countries to sign in March 2010 were Australia and Russian Federation.
  
  
• UK Institute of Fisheries Management gives advice on possible routes towards careers in fisheries. Download for free "Careers in Fisheries" booklet (PDF, 148 KB), which includes a list of various courses available through the UK and in other countries. You can even get personal advice on careers in fisheries over the telephone or by e-mail.
  
  
• Training in UK for careers in the EU sea fishing industry.
  
  
• South African training for fishing boats' crews and skippers at Sandanha Bay. Go down the list at the left, at the end you find "Fishing Qualification / Course" with [+]. Click on the "plus" to get list of individual courses. The courses are SAMSA approved.

Fishing Employment Opportunities

• Get your "foot in" and your first work experience with International Fisheries control and management as either consultant or volunteer observer. Minimum requirements: Previous experience as fisheries officer or practical at-sea fisheries / fisherman experience, Basic Sea Survival certificate, and seaman's medical certificate [ ENG1 ].
  
  
• Norwegian recruiting agent, job listings in Norwegian ( Norsk ), fishing vessels and other kinds of ships. Information also in English.
  
  
• South African recruitment agent handling fishing trawlers hiring Engineer (class 3) with prior trawler experience, Deck Officer (class 2) with 3 years fishing industry experience as fleet Manager, and Engineer (class 1) with minimum 6 years related experience as Technical Manager. Click on "Apply" button to apply.
  
  
• A jobs / placement section of the European aquaculture sector training organisation website. You must register first before you get full access. Once you have registered yourself you request job information through RSS Feed.
  
  
• The Alaska Fishing Jobs Center which provides a job finding service, free of charge for job seekers. You must register first ( free ) before you get full access.
  
  
• Occasional opportunities for fishing / fisheries jobs in the Canadian public sector. Use search function. Français
  
  
• International non-profit organisation seeking to reverse the decline of fish stocks for London ( UK ) office: Fisheries Manager, Fisheries Director, Project Officer and Traceability Manager. Click on position name for more information and to apply.
  
  
• Fisheries employment opportunities in the South Pacific Islands, in April 2010 this organisation is hiring Fisheries Management Advisor. At times other positions requiring actual onboard fishing experience are available. See vacancy list for requirements and how to apply.
  
  
• Crew jobs on fishing boats, mainly around the British Isles, including Ireland.

Are you still searching for your "dream job" ? If you try my job search engine, type as specific job description as possible. Example: fisheries project consultant job asia. Include the word "job" or "employment", otherwise the search engine doesn't "know" you are looking for a job. When you click on "Search" the search engine will check over 200 vacancy lists at all companies listed here.

If you don't find what you look for today, come back next week or the week after. There is a new vacancy every day somewhere in the world.

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