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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”.

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Tasks for “Underwater Hunter Trapper”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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