5 Commercial Fishing Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: July 24th, 2023

Start A Commercial Fishing Business

The commercial fishing industry is one of the most exciting industries to get involved in and can be lucrative if you are willing to put in the time and effort. Do you love the ocean and fishing as your hobby? The idea that you could get paid for doing something you thoroughly enjoy can be an incredibly tempting proposition. Fishing for a living seems like the perfect job.

Listed are the steps to start a commercial fishing business.

Register your business name
Get the proper licenses and regulations in order.
Get a boat that fits the boat requirements.
Get a buyer and secure the contracts.
Hire a crew
Secure all needed materials and supplies

Here are some real life success stories of starting a commercial fishing business:

Learn more about starting a commercial fishing business:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a commercial fishing business?
-> Pros and cons of a commercial fishing business

Need inspiration?

-> Examples of established commercial fishing business

Other resources

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3. Austral Fisheries

Austral Fisheries is one of Australia's largest integrated commercial fishing companies with interests in both deep sea fishing and at sea prawning. Visit us to Learn more about us!

4. Jones Fish Hatcheries

Jones Fish is an industry leader in fish stocking and aquatic weed and algae control. Over the last twenty-nine years we have grown from a small, two man operation in southwestern Ohio to a lake management pioneer with six locations, a footprint that encompasses all of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and northern Tennessee.

Where they're located: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

3. Austral Fisheries

4. Jones Fish Hatcheries

5. Double Eagle Deep Sea Fishing