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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 Seiner”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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