6222-Coastal Waters and Deep Sea Fishery Workers

Tasks include:

• preparing and repairing nets and other fishing gear and equipment
• selecting area for fishing, plotting courses and computing navigational positions using compass, charts and other aids
• commanding and operating fishing vessels to, from and at fishing grounds
• steering vessels and operating navigational instruments and electronic fishing aids
• baiting, setting, operating and hauling in fishing gear by hand or using hoisting equipment
• gathering various forms of aquatic life from shores and shallow waters
• maintaining engine fishing gear and other on-board equipment
• keeping records of transactions, fishing activities, weather and sea conditions on ship?s log and estimating costs and budgets
• cleaning, freezing, icing or salting catch on or offshore, followed by sorting, and storing catch in holds with salt and ice
• removing catches from fishing equipment, measuring them to ensure compliance with legal size and returning undesirable or illegal catches to the water
• direct fishing operations and supervising fishing crew members
• selecting and training vessel crews