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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”

Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
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.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
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.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
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.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.

Related Technology & Tools

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