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Job Description

Use nets, fishing rods, traps, or other equipment to catch and gather fish or other aquatic animals from rivers, lakes, or oceans, for human consumption or other uses. May haul game onto ship.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 45-3011.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 30,740.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 14.00
Currently, there are 520 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Fishers and Related Fishing Workers”.

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Tasks for “Abalone Fisherman”

Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.

Related Technology & Tools

Bullet buoys
Undecked fishing vessels
Safety vests
Anchors
Fish transfer pumps
Large decked fishing vessels
Seiners
Hand windlasses
Groundlines
Jigs
Fish magnets
Crab pots
Midwater trawls
Lobster traps
Fishing poles
Pot haulers
Digital spring balance scales
Toggles
Triplex trawls
Bait freezers
Hoop nets
Fishing utility knives
Tablet computers
Radio buoys
Net cleaning machines
Jigging machines
Power blocks
Marine first aid equipment
Boat hooks
Trotlines
Gillnetters
Fishing rowboats
Pulse trawls
Commercial fishing vessel lifeboats
Commercial fishing line sinkers
Fishing spears
Fathometer sonar equipment
Ice shovels
Fish tag guns
Leader carts
Bait nets
Bilge pumping systems
Gaffs
Radio direction finders RDF
Small decked fishing vessels
Crab tongs
Hydraulic windlasses
Marine sextants
Harpoons
Personal computers
Shrimp winches
Pound nets
Emergency position-indicating radio beacons
Net haulers
Gypsy hoists
Hook timers
Mooring lines
Thimbles
Fishing dredges
Drift nets
Life throw rings
Half-face respirators
Fishing life preservers
Bench-mounted crimpers
Wood shell blocks
Fish finders
Line haulers
Weir traps
Slat boxes
Hook files
Dip nets
Multibeam sonar equipment
Foam-filled marine fenders
Lobster pots
Dehookers
Trap harnesses
Hydraulic capstans
Knuckle-boom cranes
Marine fire extinguishers
Wire rope cutters
Danish seines
Trolling blocks
Eel traps
Acorn buoys
Searchlight sonars
Commercial fish or shark hooks
Trawlers
Fishing dinghies
Inflatable life rafts
Brailers
Trammel nets
Deck winches
Electric bottom-fishing reels
Strobe lights
Float lines
Fishing pliers
Laptop computers
Drogues
Set nets
Scuba diving equipment
Fixed blade knives
Longline spools
Longline blocks
Hook counters
Anchor chains
Distress flags
Downriggers
Marine radar navigation systems
Balloon trawls
Distress flares
Beach seines
Sink lines
Gill nets
Crab nets
Otter trawls
Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
Electric windlasses
Marine radar reflectors
Anchor release hooks
Magnetic compasses
Chain stoppers
Purse seines
Fish pots
Line setters
Stake nets
Satellite radios
Cast nets
Longline haulers
Snatch blocks
Marine hard hats
Trollers
Skiffs
Fishing scissors
Dogbones
Scottish seines
Mooring buoys
Stow nets
Polyballs
Longline snaps
Pair trawls
Handlines
Hand crimpers
Hand capstans
Planers
Immersion suits
Pneumatic marine fenders

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