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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 “Harpooner”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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