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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 “Sternman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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