COOL CAREERS COOL COOL CAREERS CAREERS TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE A DAY AT WORK 4 CHAPTER TWO LEARNING THE SKILLS 10 I I I I I I I I I I I R R R R R R R E E E E E E E H H H H H H H S S S S S S S F F F F F F F L L L L A A A A CCC R R R E E E M M M M M M O O O C C C CHAPTER THREE DEMANDS OF THE JOB 18 CHAPTER FOUR A FUTURE IN COMMERCIAL FISHING 24 WELL-KNOWN FISHERS AND FISHING ORGANIZATIONS 29 GLOSSARY 30 FOR MORE INFORMATION 31 INDEX 32 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 32
Y R A R B I L S L L I K S Y R U T N E C T S 1 2 COOL CAREERS COMMERCIAL FISHER CHAPTER ONE A DAY AT WORK The Lexi II pulls out of an Alaskan harbor in mid-February It is headed out to the Bering Sea for several weeks of fishing for crabs or crabbing This commercial fishing vessel is built to survive big 40-foot 12-meter waves It’s a good thing because the ship will meet some of these waves during its trip Fishers unload a crab pot pulled from the Bering Sea
Commercial Fisher
Learn what it's like to work as a commercial fisher, from living and working on a boat to the hard work required to pull in huge nets of fish.
