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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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