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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 “Line Fisher”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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