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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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