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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”

Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
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.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
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.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
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.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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