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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”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Beachman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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