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Commercial Fishing Trip Profit Calculator

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Calculate net trip proceeds after fishing expenses, day-rate crew, vessel share, and crew shares.

Day-Rate Crew 1 ($)
Crew Share 1 (%)

What this calculator determines

It calculates net trip proceeds after the fishing expenses, fixed day-rate crew costs, vessel share, and percentage crew shares you enter.

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Examples

Salmon purse seine trip (gross basis)

$23,125 gross; fuel $3,200; ice $450; bait $0; Crew Share 1 = 42% of gross; offloading $220; other $130

Calculation

  1. Gross catch revenue: $23,125.00
  2. Non-crew trip expenses: $3,200 + $450 + $0 + $220 + $130 = $4,000.00
  3. Crew share (42% of gross): $23,125.00 × 42% = $9,712.50
  4. Total expenses: $4,000.00 + $9,712.50 = $13,712.50
  5. Net trip proceeds: $23,125.00 − $13,712.50 = $9,412.50

Net trip proceeds: $9,412.50

Halibut longline trip (gross basis)

$18,500 gross; fuel $2,800; ice $380; bait $900; Crew Share 1 = 45% of gross; offloading $185; other $200

Calculation

  1. Gross catch revenue: $18,500.00
  2. Non-crew trip expenses: $2,800 + $380 + $900 + $185 + $200 = $4,465.00
  3. Crew share (45% of gross): $18,500.00 × 45% = $8,325.00
  4. Total expenses: $4,465.00 + $8,325.00 = $12,790.00
  5. Net trip proceeds: $18,500.00 − $12,790.00 = $5,710.00

Net trip proceeds: $5,710.00

Assumptions & Conventions

Expense scope
Trip expenses include the fuel, ice, bait, offloading/landing fees, gear, food/provisions, and other expenses entered in the calculator.
Crew share basis
Crew-share agreements vary. This calculator supports either a percentage of gross catch revenue or a percentage of net proceeds after the entered non-crew trip expenses (fuel, ice, bait, offloading/landing fees, gear, food/provisions, other) and fixed day-rate crew compensation. Choose the basis that matches your vessel's actual agreement.
Day-rate crew
Day-rate crew are entered as fixed dollar amounts. They are included in pre-split deductions before percentage-based vessel and crew shares are calculated.
Vessel share
The vessel/boat percentage is separate from individual crew percentages and is calculated using the selected Crew share basis.
Individual crew shares
Each Crew Share field represents an individual percentage-based crew arrangement. The calculator automatically adds the entered percentages.
Percentage limit
Vessel / boat share plus all entered percentage Crew Shares cannot exceed 100%.
Net Trip Proceeds
Net Trip Proceeds is the amount remaining after the entered trip expenses, fixed day-rate crew costs, vessel share, and percentage crew compensation. It is not necessarily full accounting profit.

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