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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 “Catcher”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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