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Commercial fishing involves lots of hard physical labor and living on a boat for several months during the year. If that appeals to you, then you may want to consider this exciting career.

those onboard a small boat owned by a family. For one thing, there’s much more space on a larger boat. Some commercial fishers work and live on the boat, snatching a few hours of sleep in their bunks among the tasks of throwing out the giant nets and hauling them in full of silvery fish. After catching the fish, the fishers release them from the nets, which is a physically demanding job. Among catches, a commercial fisher may work as a deckhand on a smaller vessel and maintain the performance of the boat’s motors and bilge pumps.

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