A Rare Catch: what it’s really like to be a female fisherman
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is Choose to Challenge and you can’t get much more challenging than choosing a dangerous career facing rough open seas, 16-hour days with no toilet facilities and no guarantee you’ll make enough money to cover your costs. That’s possibly one of the reasons why only 2% of fishing boat crew members are women. To find out what life is really like for fisherwomen, we spoke to two commercial fishers working in UK waters.
