Fishers are in a special situation, as they are entitled to employment insurance benefits despite their self-employed worker status.
Excess income made during a fisher's period of activity is initially calculated in the same way as that of any other self-employed worker: excluded work income is deducted from net income for the period of activity and other resources of the adult or family are added. The result obtained is then subtracted from the amounts determined by the Framework Policy.
This EXCESS INCOME is then APPORTIONED over the period of inactivity as follows: the total amount of the excess, which decreases from month to month, is attributed as income to each month following the end of the fisher's period of activity until the excess is exhausted. The excluded work income also applies to each month of the period of inactivity, as described above for seasonal self-employed workers in general. As a result, benefits may not be paid until the month in which the excess falls below the adult-benefit which applies to an adult or family and to which the applicable adjustments have been added.