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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 “Pearl Digger”

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

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