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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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