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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 “Sternman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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