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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 Fisherman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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