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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 “Whale Fisherman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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