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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 “Crew Member”

Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
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.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
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.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
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.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
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.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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