Interested In Becoming Fisherman?

Fisherman is a strenuous and demanding job, but it is rewarding. Today, being a successful fisherman involves the awareness and understanding of technology, educational preparation and business skills. You will find that today's fishermen attend training programs at university to learn about business and practice of fishing. The daily life of a fishermen involves a large amount of hard work and the day starts early and ends late working both inside and outside. The classic fishermen has a strong work ethic, a positive attitude and usually a close relationship with his world, the sea. They are dedicated to their profession and the job demands it.

The profession of fishermen involves a huge amount more than just catching the fish. For a fishermen the day starts very early beginning with setting the fishing vessel. The vessel are then given “drink” which is the fuel while the fisherman's prepares the fishing gear and supplies. After that the fisherman is sailing and fish hunting begins. When it has found a fishing ground, this is a term for the place where most lots of fish, the fishing gear immediately lowered into the sea. In the world of fishing is called setting. After setting is finished, and after waiting some time, the fishing gear raised back on board. This process is called hauling, where in this process the fish caught will soon be raised to the ship. If fish stocks is abundant, it can be done several times in one area of fishing ground. Fishing operation time varies depending on the size of his ship. If a small ship, could be just doing fishing operations in a single day, but if it is a fishing industry that uses large-sized vessels, then the operation can be performed for many months at sea.

To provide a robust human resources in the fishing, Indonesia in this case the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries to provide an equivalent high school named SUPM State Kotaagung where their students are trained to be a tough fishermen. This school is a vocational high school owned by the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Republic of Indonesia is located in Lampung Province Tanggamus district. Each year the school was graduating approximately 80 students to become tough fishermen and fish farmers that can improve the economy of Indonesia.