Employment Insurance (Fishing) Regulations (SOR/96-445)

8.1 For the purposes of calculating a fisher’s rate of weekly benefits,

• (a) the fisher’s weekly insurable earnings shall be determined by

  • (i) dividing their earnings from employment as a fisher in the qualifying period by the divisor set out in the table to subsection 8.2(1) opposite the applicable regional rate of unemployment, and

  • (ii) adding to the quotient determined in accordance with subparagraph (i) their weekly insurable earnings from employment in the rate calculation period, other than employment as a fisher, not including earnings from any employment that was lost for reasons of misconduct or that was left voluntarily without just cause; and

• (b) the fisher’s maximum weekly insurable earnings are the maximum yearly insurable earnings as calculated in accordance with section 4 of the Act divided by 52.