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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 “Troller”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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