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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 “Tuna Purse Seiner”

Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
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.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
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.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
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.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
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.
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.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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