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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 “Purse Seiner”

Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
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.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
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.
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.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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