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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

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Tasks for “Fishers and Related Fishing Workers”

Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
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.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
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.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
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.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
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.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
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.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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