How to become a deep-sea fishery worker
Official title: Deep-sea fishery workers
Also called: Deep-sea fisher, Trawler skipper
Deep-sea fishery workers, as skippers or members of fishing vessel crews, catch deep-sea fish for sale or delivery to wholesale buyers, marketing organizations or at markets.
Main tasks
- Preparing and repairing nets and other fishing gear and equipment
- Commanding and operating fishing vessels to, from and at deep-sea fishing grounds
- Determining areas for fishing, plotting courses and computing navigational positions using compass, charts, tables and other aids
- Steering vessels and operating navigational instruments and electronic fishing aids
- Directing fishing operations and supervising crew activities
- Recording fishing progress and activities, as well as weather and sea conditions, on the ship’s log
- Baiting, setting and hauling in fishing gear
- Cleaning, freezing, icing or salting catch on- or offshore
- Selecting and training vessel crews
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: HK$15,500 a month
- About 387,500 people in 2025, and about 403,200 projected by 2028. (+4.1%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
Do you need a degree to become a deep-sea fishery worker?
Usually not. Only 6% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Will AI change the work of a deep-sea fishery worker?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026