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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 “Gaffman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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