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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 “Clipper”

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.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
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.
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.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
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

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

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