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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”

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

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Net cleaning machines
Cast nets
Jigging machines
Pulse trawls
Hand crimpers
Beach seines
Hand windlasses
Pneumatic marine fenders
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Immersion suits
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Personal computers
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Laptop computers
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Fishing scissors
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Jigs
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Hook timers
Planers
Anchor chains
Fathometer sonar equipment
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Magnetic compasses
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Harpoons
Dehookers
Fishing dredges
Foam-filled marine fenders
Gill nets
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Gaffs
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Longline snaps
Bullet buoys
Line setters
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Life throw rings
Anchors
Radio buoys
Hook files
Dip nets
Otter trawls
Slat boxes
Multibeam sonar equipment
Polyballs
Stake nets
Mooring buoys
Emergency position-indicating radio beacons
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Thimbles
Electric bottom-fishing reels
Longline spools
Mooring lines
Marine radar reflectors
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Weir traps
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Float lines
Hook counters
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Fishing poles
Trap harnesses
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