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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 “Sponge Fisherman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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