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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”

Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
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.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
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.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
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.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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