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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 “Roller”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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