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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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