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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 “Pot Fisher”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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