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“Fish Tender” 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 Tender”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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