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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 Officer”

Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
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.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
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.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
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.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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