Dave Carraro Net Worth
Captain Dave Carraro is one of the main cast members on reality show Wicked Tuna. His vessel FV-Tuna.com had the biggest catch of all competing ships on third season. The salary from National Geographic channel further boosted his wealth. As of 2016, Carraro’s total net worth is estimated to be about $600,000.
Carraro has over thirty years of experience in fishing. His recent fishing areas are East Coast, Mexico, and Bahamas. He holds USCG 100-ton Masters Licence for fish hunting. Dave’s focusing on bluefin tuna now. It has tasty meat and can grow up to one metric ton of weight. Carraro caught his very first bluefin tuna when he was only seven years old.
United States of America has very strict regulations that protect bluefin tuna from over-fishing. You can only use one line with one hook and be catching only single fish at a time. That makes the hunt more challenging though. The fan fact about Dave Carraro: he himself doesn’t eat seafood at all.
Wicked Tuna is a National Geographic reality series that tracks success of several fishing boats. Dave Carraro has Sandro Maniaci ad Paul Hebert in his crew. The show is in it’s fifth season and it doesn’t look like it’s going to end anytime soon. Bluefin tuna is very lucrative to hunt despite all restrictions and viewers love this series, as well as similar Deadliest Catch.