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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 “Chain Person”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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