Fishing Trip Settlement

Fishing crews are often both responsible for a certain proportion of a fishing trip’s expenses (gear or consumed food, for example) and paid according to a percentage or share of the catch value.

Share crew members may receive no pay beyond a share of the boat’s catch and hence payment is directly tied to the size and quality of the catch and the length and conditions of the season. The portion of the total catch value available to be distributed among the crew, as well as the relative amount (as a share or percentage) each crew member is eligible to receive (according to crew position) are set up in advance in the WiseFish system. However, these values can be adjusted for an individual fishing trip.