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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 “Spear Fisher”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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