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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 “Second Mate”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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