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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”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Seaman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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