
Kim Fisher carries on his father’s tradition, starting each day with an encouraging “Today’s the Day” for his family, crews and staff. He continues Mel’s unwavering quest for lost treasures and the constant pursuit and development of new treasure hunting techniques, as well as maintaining a world-class conservation laboratory to ensure that the treasures live on for generations.
As befits his heritage, Kim Fisher began diving as a youngster and by the age of 16 was the trusted captain of the dive vessel, "Southwind", used as a recovery vessel in the early days of the salvage of the Spanish Galleon, "Nuestra Senora de Atocha". He has expert knowledge in all phases of cultural heritage recovery. In addition to being a diver and captain, Kim is adept in the use of the various electronic instruments used in the search for sunken vessels, such as the magnetometer, sidescan sonar and sub-bottom profiler.
Kim interrupted his treasure-hunting career to get his B.S. degree in business administra¬tion from the University of Michigan. He attended the Florida State University School of Law for two years, but returned to assist the family’s cultural heritage recovery efforts and has continued in this occupation since.
Today, Kim is the President/CEO of the various Mel Fisher Family Enterprises. At age 52, he has been a dedicated member and leader of the Mel Fisher treasure hunting team for over 30 years.
Prior to assuming full time executive duties with the Fisher Family Enterprises, Kim and his wife, Lee, managed the Atocha Treasure Tours. Kim and Lee currently reside in Key West. They have five sons; Jeremy, Sean, Nicholas, Scott and Rick.
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