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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 “Trawler”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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