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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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