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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”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Planter”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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