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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 “Planter”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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