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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 “Eeler”

Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
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.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
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.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
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.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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