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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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