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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.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
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.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
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.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
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.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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