Decision Makers Guide - DMG36101
Particular kinds of self-employment: Share fishermen
A share fisherman is a person not under a contract of service
who
1) is a sea-going fisherman
1.1) ordinarily employed in the fishing industry as a master
or crew member of a British fishing boat manned by more than one
person
and
1.2) paid in whole, or part, by a share of the profit or
gross earnings of the boat
or
2) is an on-shore fisherman who has been ordinarily employed as in 1. but because of age or infirmity
2.1) has permanently ceased to be so employed
and
2.2) has become ordinarily engaged in employment
ashore
2.2.a in making or mending any gear of a British fishing
boat
or
2.2.b performing other services in connection with the boat
and
2.3) is paid for these services by a share of the profits or
earnings of the boat.
A person who fishes alone is
not a share fisherman.
Note Salmon fishermen in the Berwick-on-Tweed area are
not self-employed earners. See DMG26070.
