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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”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Waterman”

Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
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.
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.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
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.
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.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
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.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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