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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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