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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 “Netter”

Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
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.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
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.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
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.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
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.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.

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