Fishermen and Related Fishing Workers

Work will be performed aboard a shrimp trawler in the Gulf of Mexico Zone EEZ depending on the amount of catch and/or expansion of fishing grounds. Job requires worker to prepare trawlers for fishing activities; using and placing nets into water and retrieving them, sorting, and heading (removing head) from shrimp using handheld tools such as knives; place shrimp into containers and icing down shrimp to preserve the catch; moping and cleaning work area and equipment. Employer will pay prevailing wage or a %of the total catch profits (usually 30%, split between a crew of 3 to 4 maximum), whichever is greater.