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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 “Weir Fisherman”

Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
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.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
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.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
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.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
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.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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