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Background

Josh is a fisherman off the Whitianga coast in Coromandel area of New Zealand. He spends most of his life at sea catching and selling fish to meet his needs. This is his story:

Daily Life

The life of a small business commercial fisherman is life constantly spent out on the open sea. Josh feels fortunate to do shifts and works for three days straight, day and night out on the open sea. His vessel mostly catches snapper fish to sell to Auckland and Australian, but is always look to catch anything he can. The more he can catch, the more he can sell. But the three days out the sea suite him just fine. He talks about how there’s never any traffic or much stress each day. They cast their nets for the snapper and then have 6 miles of lines for single casting. Sharks normally come in on the single lines and take a lot of strength to pull in.

He’s been a fisherman in the waters off New Zealand for over 10 years now and has never regretted his decision. He lives up to the fisherman stories of loving exaggeration and sarcasm and getting to talk to tourist who frequent his town. The scruffy look is really just a testament to focus on being who he is, instead of appealing to any societal norms. They normally come in with about 2 – 3 tons of fish each three days. They’re fortunate enough to be able to freeze anything they can’t sell fresh, and even though they don’t get top dollar for the frozen fish, nothing goes to waste.

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His Perspective

Josh lives life one day at a time. He loves the time spent on the ocean and feeling connected to nature. It’s not about schedules, being busy or getting caught up in so many cares of the world. He just has his boat, crew, and his fish. That’s all he needs.

Living the simple life, he’s able to disconnect from many of the hustle and bustle most of the world gets wrapped up in. Josh loves his fish stories and loves connecting with people, but in person and showing them tangible proof of his adventures. Each day is a gift and he takes each one as they come.

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