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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”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Netter”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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