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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 “Terrapin Fisher”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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