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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 “First Mate”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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