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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 “Skiff Operator”

Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
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.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
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.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
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.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
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.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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