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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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