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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”

Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
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.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
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.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
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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Bait nets
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Fishing life preservers
Net haulers
Tablet computers
Jigs
Hoop nets
Mooring buoys
Jigging machines
Hook timers
Toggles
Power blocks
Float lines
Marine fire extinguishers
Lobster pots
Line haulers
Fish magnets
Fishing scissors
Gaffs
Deck winches
Fishing rowboats
Dip nets
Fish pots
Longline snaps
Satellite radios
Snatch blocks
Life throw rings
Longline spools
Dogbones
Half-face respirators
Safety vests
Fish transfer pumps
Trolling blocks
Fishing pliers
Trawlers
Sink lines
Bullet buoys
Strobe lights
Magnetic compasses
Marine first aid equipment
Hook files
Shrimp winches
Gypsy hoists
Personal computers
Anchor chains
Fathometer sonar equipment
Marine sextants
Set nets
Longline blocks
Seiners
Crab pots
Drift nets
Small decked fishing vessels
Scottish seines
Electric windlasses
Harpoons
Distress flags
Commercial fish or shark hooks
Bait freezers
Midwater trawls
Hand crimpers
Slat boxes
Fish tag guns
Multibeam sonar equipment
Searchlight sonars
Radio buoys
Stake nets
Fish finders
Thimbles
Fixed blade knives
Large decked fishing vessels
Cast nets
Emergency position-indicating radio beacons
Marine radar navigation systems
Pot haulers
Fishing spears
Digital spring balance scales
Bench-mounted crimpers
Pneumatic marine fenders
Purse seines
Trap harnesses
Drogues
Bilge pumping systems
Stow nets
Pulse trawls
Electric bottom-fishing reels
Groundlines
Otter trawls
Scuba diving equipment
Trollers
Longline haulers
Planers
Beach seines
Gillnetters
Fishing dinghies
Commercial fishing vessel lifeboats
Danish seines
Foam-filled marine fenders
Net cleaning machines
Crab nets
Triplex trawls
Leader carts
Marine hard hats
Weir traps
Hydraulic capstans
Radio direction finders RDF
Immersion suits
Hand capstans
Wire rope cutters
Hook counters
Gill nets
Polyballs
Brailers
Mooring lines
Acorn buoys
Boat hooks
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Line setters
Commercial fishing line sinkers
Trammel nets
Fishing poles
Crab tongs
Balloon trawls
Wood shell blocks
Distress flares
Hydraulic windlasses
Downriggers
Laptop computers
Fishing dredges
Dehookers
Pound nets
Inflatable life rafts
Chain stoppers
Eel traps
Handlines
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Ice shovels
Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
Marine radar reflectors
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