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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 “Digger”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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