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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 “Crew Member”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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