NIM35001 - Special Cases: Share fishermen: Definition

Regulation 115 of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001 No. 1004)

A share fisherman is someone who -

• is not employed under a contract of service;
• works in the fishing industry;
• is master or a crew-member of a United Kingdom fishing boat manned by more than one person; or
• used to work on a UK fishing boat but is now too old or infirm and is working ashore in the UK making and mending gear or doing any other work for a UK fishing boat; and
• gets all or part of their pay by sharing the profits or gross earnings of the fishing boat.

Fishermen employed under a contract of service are not share fishermen. Treat them as mariners (see NIM29000).