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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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