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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 “Third Mate”

Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
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.
Locate fish, using fish-finding 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.
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.
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.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
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.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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