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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 “Eeler”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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