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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 “Pilot”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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