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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 “Boat Officer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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