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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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