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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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