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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 “Captain”

Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
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.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
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.
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.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
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.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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