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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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