http://allfishes.com/how-do-i-go-about-getting-a-job-working-on-an-alaskan-fishing-boat.html All fishes And Fishing, all the time! Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://allfishes.com/how-do-i-go-about-getting-a-job-working-on-an-alaskan-fishing-boat.html/comment-page-1#comment-512 Slider72 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:28:24 +0000 http://allfishes.com/how-do-i-go-about-getting-a-job-working-on-an-alaskan-fishing-boat.html#comment-512 Go there, meet people and ask questions on how/where to get a job on a fishing boat. Go there, meet people and question questions on how/where to get a job on a fishing boat.

]]> http://allfishes.com/how-do-i-go-about-getting-a-job-working-on-an-alaskan-fishing-boat.html/comment-page-1#comment-511 elite_wo Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:12:18 +0000 http://allfishes.com/how-do-i-go-about-getting-a-job-working-on-an-alaskan-fishing-boat.html#comment-511 The state of Alaska has a page dedicated to seafood jobs in the state. The URL is:http://www.labor.state.ak.us/esd_alaska_… In that page, there is a section on fishing jobs. Read this to learn about the industry and how to avoid getting scammed. They have some job listings on the web page. The State of Alaska also has regional job centers and seafood contacts at each center (on the bottom of the fishing page if I recall). They only have addresses, but I think if you look up the job center phone numbers on the state of Alaska page, you can probably find these people. Call each of these people up and see what they can do for you! If you are a gambling type person, you can get a job at a seafood processing plant and see if you can talk to the incoming captains and try to get on a boat. The seafood processing jobs tend to be about the crappiest job you can get from what I hear. Fishing jobs tend to be hard to come by. Since the Discovery Channel started the Deadliest Catch, a lot of people have been drawn by the potential for riches. Working on a fishing boat isn't like it is on TV. It is extremely taxing both mentally and physically. Being on call for 24 hours a day for 6 or 7 days a week isn't the same as working for 20 hours a day for a week straight (to be fair to you, it depends on what you do for a living). When you get out on that open ocean and you realize that there is no one else out there and if something goes wrong, you are on your own, it is very tough mentally. If you do get a job or decide to go to Alaska, make sure you have a way back home. Alaska is an expensive place to live and there are not many good paying jobs. Chances are you won't make it there. Save some money to get back home or have a willing family member be ready to bail you out. Good luck!! The state of Alaska has a page dyed-in-the-wool to seafood jobs in the state. The URL is:http://www.labor.state.ak.us/esd_alaska_…
In that page, there is a section on fishing jobs. Read this to learn about the industry and how to avoid getting scammed.
They have some job listings on the web page. The State of Alaska also has regional job centers and seafood contacts at each focal point (on the bottom of the fishing page if I recall). They only have addresses, but I reckon if you look up the job focal point phone numbers on the state of Alaska page, you can probably find these people. Call each of these people up and see what they can do for you!
If you are a gambling type person, you can get a job at a seafood processing plant and see if you can talk to the incoming captains and try to get on a boat. The seafood processing jobs tend to be about the crappiest job you can get from what I hear.
Fishing jobs tend to be hard to come by. Since the Discovery Channel started the Deadliest Catch, a lot of people have been drawn by the potential for materials.
Working on a fishing boat isn’t like it is on TV. It is extremely taxing both mentally and physically. Being on call for 24 hours a day for 6 or 7 days a week isn’t the same as working for 20 hours a day for a week straight (to be honest to you, it depends on what you do for a living). When you get out on that open ocean and you realize that there is no one else out there and if something goes incorrect, you are on your own, it is very tough mentally.
If you do get a job or choose to go to Alaska, make sure you have a way back home. Alaska is an expensive place to live and there are not many excellent paying jobs. Chances are you won’t make it there. Save some money to get back home or have a willing family member be ready to bail you out.
Excellent luck!!

]]> http://allfishes.com/how-do-i-go-about-getting-a-job-working-on-an-alaskan-fishing-boat.html/comment-page-1#comment-510 Slider72… Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:54:38 +0000 http://allfishes.com/how-do-i-go-about-getting-a-job-working-on-an-alaskan-fishing-boat.html#comment-510 look in yahoo yellow pages first look up zip codes for cities,towns on the coast then put that zip in the yellow pages of yahoo and type in fishing or boats you may have to look around it will give you #'s and addy you can also google alaska newspapers and look in the classified ads look in yahoo yellow pages
first look up zip codes for cities,towns on the coast
then place that zip in the yellow pages of yahoo and type in fishing or boats you may have to look around
it will give you #’s and addy
you can also google alaska newspapers
and look in the classified ads

]]> http://allfishes.com/how-do-i-go-about-getting-a-job-working-on-an-alaskan-fishing-boat.html/comment-page-1#comment-509 20+ years and still in-love! Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:33:33 +0000 http://allfishes.com/how-do-i-go-about-getting-a-job-working-on-an-alaskan-fishing-boat.html#comment-509 Try this site out, often they post job for fishing boats, and sometimes for onshore help, but those people tend to work their way on to the boats. Good Luck...BTW its cold as hell here in AK. but the summers are awesome.http://www.alaskajobfinder.com/ Try this site out, regularly they post job for fishing boats, and sometimes for onshore help, but those people tend to work their way on to the boats. Excellent Luck…BTW its cold as hell here in AK. but the summers are awesome.http://www.alaskajobfinder.com/

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