Occupations/45-3031.00
Fishing and Hunting Workers
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.
Usually a high school diploma, plus some experience or short training.
AI automation risk
21%
More resilient
Human characteristics
67%
Strong human-characteristic mix
Task orientation
27%
More resilient
A day in this job
- Mostly routine
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
- Task
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
- Task
Direct fishing or hunting operations, and supervise crew members.
The tasks we can read here lean routine. That sits next to the AI risk rank — it is not a forecast that the job disappears.
Core tasks
- 01Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
- 02Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
- 03Direct fishing or hunting operations, and supervise crew members.
- 04Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
- 05Travel on foot, by vehicle, or by equipment such as boats, snowmobiles, helicopters, snowshoes, or skis to reach hunting areas.
- 06Select, 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.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks2.50
- Degree of automation1.45
- Time sitting2.19
- Originality (ability)2.75
- Conflict situations2.67
- Hands-on objects/tools3.86
- Outdoors / weather4.89
- Disease exposure2.20
- Decision freedom4.40
Top abilities
- Spatial Orientation4.25
- Far Vision3.75
- Static Strength3.62
- Trunk Strength3.50
- Near Vision3.50
- Flexibility of Closure3.50
- Problem Sensitivity3.38
- Inductive Reasoning3.38
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension2.75
- Active Listening2.75
- Writing2.25
- Speaking3.00
- Mathematics2.12
- Science1.62
- Critical Thinking3.12
- Active Learning2.50
- Learning Strategies2.75
- Monitoring2.88
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
6 shown
Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
University of Florida Gainesville, FL · Public | Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management 03.0301 | $6,400 | 23% | 89% | 1 yr $41,565 2 yr $45,715 Master's · CIP 03.03 |
Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX · Public | Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management 03.0301 | $13,200 | 63% | 83% | 1 yr $31,423 2 yr $28,500 Bachelor's · CIP 03.03 |
Oregon State University Corvallis, OR · Public | Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management 03.0301 | $13,200 | 83% | 68% | 1 yr $30,554 2 yr $29,852 Bachelor's · CIP 03.03 |
Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN · Public | Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management 03.0301 | $10,000 | 53% | 83% | 1 yr $22,627 2 yr $20,140 Bachelor's · CIP 03.03 |
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA · Public | Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management 03.0301 | $10,700 | 86% | 79% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Master's · CIP 03.03 |
University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · Public | Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management 03.0301 | $12,600 | 48% | 84% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Bachelor's · CIP 03.03 |