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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 “Fish Tender”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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