Fishing Skipper
Skipper a fishing boat for a whole season. Sail to a ground, fish it, haul the catch home and sell it. Every ground regrows by a real growth curve, fastest when it is about half full, so greedy fishing collapses a stock while careful fishing pays all season. Earn the target and leave the grounds healthy. Six seasons with more grounds.
- Strategy
- Free, plays in your browser
- Mouse, touch or keyboard
- Added 10 November 2026
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- #boat
- #sustainability
- #ecology
- #stock
- #resourcemanagement
Fishing Skipper
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How to play
- Use the Sail to buttons to go to a ground, then Start fishing to cast the nets. Your catch each day is a share of the stock there. The hold is small, so when it is full or the ground is running down, press Return to port to sell the catch.
- Each ground is shown as a circle that shrinks as the stock falls: green when healthy, orange when low, red when it has collapsed. They all regrow, and fastest when they are about half full.
- Earn the target income before the season ends without letting any ground collapse. You get more stars for leaving every ground at least 40 per cent full and for earning well over the target.
Controls: mouse, touch or keyboard. Made by CalcoTools.
Tips and strategy
- Stop fishing a ground when it falls to about half full: that is where it regrows fastest, so you can come back and take more.
- Spread the work around. Far grounds cost more in fuel and days, but a stock that is left alone refills while you fish somewhere else.
- Near the end of the season you can afford to take a little more, because a ground does not need to regrow after the last day.
FAQ
- What is the maximum sustainable yield?
- The most that can be taken every year without the stock shrinking. For this kind of growth it is a quarter of the growth rate times the natural maximum, and it comes from a stock kept at about half its maximum.
- Why does a collapsed ground take so long to recover?
- The growth depends on how many fish are left to breed. With few fish the growth is very slow, so it can take many seasons to come back, and fishing a little more on top can finish it off.
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