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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 “Seafood Fisherman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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