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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 “Commercial Fisherman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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