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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 “Second Officer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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