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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 “Eeler”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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