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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”.

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Tasks for “Diving Fisher”

Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
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.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
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.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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