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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 “Gaffman”

Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
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.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
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.
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.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
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.
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.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
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.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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