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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 “Menhaden Vessel Pilot”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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