Description
Hunt, trap, catch, or gather wild animals or aquatic animals and plants. May use nets, traps, or other equipment. May haul catch onto ship or other vessel.
- • Skin quarry, using knives, and stretch pelts on frames to be cured.
- • Maintain and repair trapping equipment.
- • Scrape fat, blubber, or flesh from skin sides of pelts with knives or hand scrapers.
- • Patrol trap lines or nets to inspect settings, remove catch, and reset or relocate traps.
- • Obtain permission from landowners to hunt or trap on their land.
- • Travel on foot, by vehicle, or by equipment such as boats, snowmobiles, helicopters, snowshoes, or skis to reach hunting areas.
- • Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
- • Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
- • Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
- • Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
- • Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
- • Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
- • Obtain required approvals for using poisons or traps, and notify persons in areas where traps and poison are set.
- • Track animals by checking for signs such as droppings or destruction of vegetation.
- • Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
- • Select, bait, and set traps, and lay poison along trails, according to species, size, habits, and environs of birds or animals and reasons for trapping them.
- • Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
- • Participate in animal damage control, wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
- • Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
- • Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
- • Release quarry from traps or nets and transfer to cages.
- • Kill or stun trapped quarry, using clubs, poisons, guns, or drowning methods.
- • Wash and sort pelts according to species, color, and quality.
- • Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
- • Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
- • Teach or guide individuals or groups unfamiliar with specific hunting methods or types of prey.
- • 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.
- • Direct fishing or hunting operations, and supervise crew members.
- • Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
