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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 “Deckhand”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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