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What fish harvesters make
Experienced deckhand
$58,000
New crew member
$38,000
Captain or licence holder
$125,000
Job Bank's national median is $27.77 an hour, about $58,000 a year full time. Real pay does not arrive as an hourly wage: most crews are paid a share of the catch, so a strong lobster or crab season pays far more than that and a bad one pays far less.