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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 “Whale Fisherman”

Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
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.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
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.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
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.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
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.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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