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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”

Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
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.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
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.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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