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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 “Diver”

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

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