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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 “Cruiser”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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