BFISHERMAN
An education platform for finding work in the seafood industry on your own. Sending CVs directly to employers — no intermediaries, no crewing.
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Renat Besolov Ренат Бесолов · Biography
A veteran of the Norwegian crab-fishing fleet: a path from deckhand to trawl master and seafood factory technologist, and then founder of the education project BFISHERMAN, which teaches people to find work in the seafood industry on their own.
07.07.1994
Born · Chișinău
2015
First crab-boat voyage
5
Languages: RU · RO · EN · BG · NO
Trawl master
Top deck role
[ Origins ]
Where the path began
Renat Besolov was born on 7 July 1994 in Chișinău. Today he speaks Russian, Romanian, English, Bulgarian and Norwegian fluently — but when he started working in Norway he knew neither English nor Norwegian. He learned both on the job, and over time that combination became one of his working advantages in international crews.
In 2015 he learned about the chance to work as a crab fisherman in Norway and about earnings that topped $30,000 a trip even for young sailors — and he decided, without hesitation, to master the profession. Weighing the pros and cons, including the harsh climate, Renat took specialised courses, gathered his documents and set off on his first voyage.
“What mattered most to me was earning honest money. And back then, without a trade, connections or contacts, it was impossible to earn that kind of money anywhere. And if it was big money, there were always risks and grey areas. That didn’t suit me. Then I found out there was such a job — crab fisherman in Norway. The information was very closed; almost no one wrote about it or shared it. I had to figure it out on my own.”
— Renat Besolov
[ Timeline · 2015 — present ]
A path across the sea
2015
Crab boat “Polaris” · F-144-V · IMO 8030623 · 875 GT
A first voyage at age 21 — a real test of endurance. Work on a former American pipe carrier converted into a crab boat, a flat-bottomed river–sea class vessel.
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Crab boat “Hunter” · M-72-HO · IMO 8906949 · 877 GT
He was invited aboard by a captain he had worked with before. Here Renat begins to collect owners’ contacts — notes that would later form the basis of a catalogue of Norway’s fishing vessels. He also completed a voyage in Scotland on the company’s second vessel — the pelagic trawler “Sea Hunter”.
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Crab boat “Northeastern” · H-27-AV · IMO 7006857 · 879 GT
Norway introduces a minimum industry-wage law: foreigners and locals start to be paid equally. Owners drop agencies — and the only way to get hired is by sending your CV directly.
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Renat Besolov · Ship role · Boatswain
Renat is trusted to lead a deck crew of five. To train newcomers fast he develops his first methods — knots, gear repair, hydraulics, safety — which later became the core of the BFISHERMAN training programme.
2020
Renat Besolov · Ship role · Fishing master
Coordinating the deck crew, running the fishing gear and on-board processes, and purchasing fishing gear. Ready to stay at sea for more than six months without a break. Building his own team.
2021
“Stormhav” (H-1-HV) · IMO 9756869
After completing his training in Norway and earning a diploma as a factory production manager, he began working on the longliner “Stormhav” — 40,000 hooks on board.
Go to vessel2022
“Vima” (VL-77-AV) · BFISHERMAN launch
A contract on Norway’s largest ice-class crab vessel. In parallel, Renat develops BFISHERMAN — step-by-step training for people who have never been to sea. For the official launch he obtains an education licence and other permits to run the training legally.
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“Vima” (VL-77-AV) · BFISHERMAN launch
A contract on Norway’s largest ice-class crab vessel. In parallel, Renat develops BFISHERMAN — step-by-step training for people who have never been to sea. For the official launch he obtains an education licence and other permits to run the training legally.
Go to project2026 — present
“Østerfjord” (VL-101-AV) · IMO 9892236
The vessel was built in 2021 and equipped for combined fishing — purse seine and longline — allowing it to harvest various demersal and pelagic species. In late 2025 it was refitted for crab fishing. On board is a full processing plant: the catch is cleaned, cut, frozen and stored in dedicated holds at deep sub-zero temperatures.
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What Renat Besolov built ashore
From connector to project
Even at sea Renat, without realising it, became a link between job-seekers and vessel owners: captains messaged him “we need a person,” while friends and acquaintances came for advice on maritime paperwork and getting hired. The growing flow of requests led to the idea of BFISHERMAN — a project that turns Renat’s personal path into a repeatable method.
MARICERT
A certification arm with UK accreditation, confirming competencies in seafood processing and safety.
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Registered WIPO trademarks (reg. no. 1695001 and others); the digital identity is anchored in open-data registries as an independent entity.
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“Experience isn’t something you’re born with”
The key idea Renat builds into the project: there is no magic shortcut — the path takes serious effort. He himself started with no experience and got hired successfully, in Norway and beyond. Accumulating knowledge, hard work, practice and learning from your own mistakes — that is what turns a newcomer into a real professional.
Take his path, faster
The experience Renat spent years gathering at sea is now broken down into simple steps in the core BFISHERMAN course — so anyone can find work on their own.
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