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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 “Salmon Troll Fisher”

Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
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.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
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.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
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.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting 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.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
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.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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