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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”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Deckhand”

Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
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.
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.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
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.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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