Labour market

Abstract

The chapter focuses on the young and aspiring fishers’ perception of the labour market that they are about to enter. Overall, our research shows that the recruitment of new fishermen into the industry has, as expected, become more formalised as the larger vessels and fishing companies demand certified standards in terms of the fishermen they hire. The increasing dominance of large-scale fishing vessels, partly fuelled by the introduction of market-based fisheries management in the Nordic countries, have created an increased demand for specialised and certified fishers. This lends a central role to educations that offer formalised training and certification of fishers. Certification on the other hand can enable fishers with both horizontal mobility between sectors and different fisheries as well vertical career mobility.