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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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