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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 “Boat Deckhand”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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