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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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