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“Fish Pitcher” will probably be replaced by robots.

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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 “Fish Pitcher”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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