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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 Officer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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