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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 “Captain”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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