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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 “Planter”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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