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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 “Mule Rider”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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