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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 “Underwater Hunter Trapper”

Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
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.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
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.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
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.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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