All professional fish harvesters, including existing harvesters and new
entrants, are required to accumulate a specific number of land-based education
credits in addition to completing a defined number of years of full-time
fishing in order to progress from Apprentice to Level I and from Level
I to Level II.
It is important that harvesters understand the certification criteria,
and exactly what is required in order to progress from one certification
level to the next. Equally important is that harvesters understand what
is required in order to maintain their certification status.
