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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”

Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
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.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
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.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
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.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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