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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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