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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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