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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 “Gunner”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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