Break-Even Fish Price Calculator
This calculator determines the minimum average dock price per pound you need to receive in order to cover the trip costs you enter. Enter your total trip expenses and the pounds you expect to land.
What this calculator determines
It calculates the minimum dock price per pound needed to cover entered total trip costs over entered pounds landed.
Related calculators
Break-Even Catch Calculator
Pounds of catch needed to cover trip costs at a given dock price
Catch Value Calculator
Pounds landed × dock price = gross catch value
Commercial Fishing Trip Profit Calculator
Gross catch revenue minus trip expenses and crew share = net trip proceeds
Price Per Pound Calculator
Total revenue ÷ total pounds = price per pound
Examples
Halibut trip break-even
Total costs $8,500; 12,000 lb expected
Calculation
- $8,500 ÷ 12,000 = $0.7083/lb
- Calculated break-even ≈ $0.708/lb
- Minimum whole-cent dock price = $0.71/lb
Calculated break-even ≈ $0.708/lb; minimum whole-cent dock price $0.71/lb
Salmon trip break-even
Total costs $14,200; 18,500 lb expected
Calculation
- $14,200 ÷ 18,500 = $0.7676/lb
- Calculated break-even ≈ $0.768/lb
- Minimum whole-cent dock price = $0.77/lb
Calculated break-even ≈ $0.768/lb; minimum whole-cent dock price $0.77/lb
Assumptions & Conventions
- Cost basis
- The break-even price depends on which costs you include in Total trip costs. Utility Bull does not automatically add, itemize, or validate trip expenses.