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Fishers

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.

Other titles in this work field include:

  • abalone fisherman
  • bait man
  • beachman
  • billet cutter
  • boat captain, fishing
  • boat deckhand
  • boat puller
  • boatswain, otter trawler
  • captain
  • captain, fishing vessel
  • cat swamper
  • catcher
  • chain person
  • chain puller
  • chainer
  • choker
  • choker hooker
  • chummer
  • chute greaser
  • chute tender
  • clam digger
  • clam dredger
  • clam picker
  • clam sorter
  • clipper
  • commercial fisherman
  • crab catcher
  • crab fisherman
  • crabber
  • cruiser
  • deckhand
  • deckhand, fishing vessel
  • deep sea diver
  • derrick follower
  • digger
  • diver
  • drag seiner
  • dulser
  • eeler
  • farmer, fish, frog, or oyster
  • fish pitcher
  • fish seiner
  • fish tender
  • fish trapper
  • fisher, diving
  • fisher, line
  • fisher, net
  • fisher, pot
  • fisher, spear
  • fisher, terrapin
  • fisher, weir
  • fishing boat captain
  • fishing worker
  • frog catcher
  • frog farmer
  • gaffman
  • gunner
  • harpooner
  • helper, fisherman
  • hook tender
  • hooker
  • hooker on
  • hooker up
  • hookman
  • hunter skin diver
  • irish moss bleacher
  • irish moss gatherer
  • kelp cutter
  • kelp gatherer
  • landing worker
  • lobster fisherman
  • lobster man
  • mate, fishing vessel
  • moss bleacher
  • moss gatherer
  • mule rider
  • net mender
  • net repairer
  • netter
  • oyster culler
  • oyster dredger
  • oyster fisherman
  • oyster floater
  • oyster harvester
  • oyster picker
  • oyster planter
  • oyster tonger
  • oysterman
  • pearl digger
  • pearl fisherman
  • pilot
  • planter
  • purse seiner
  • quahogger
  • roller
  • scallop dredger
  • scalloper
  • sea shell gatherer
  • seafood fisherman
  • seaman
  • seaweed harvester
  • second mate
  • second officer
  • shell fisherman
  • shellfish bed worker
  • shellfish dredge operator
  • shellfish grower
  • shrimp trawler
  • shrimper
  • skiff operator
  • sponge clipper
  • sponge fisherman
  • sponge hooker
  • striker
  • third mate
  • tonger
  • trawler
  • troller
  • underwater hunter trapper
  • waterman
  • weir fisherman
  • whale fisherman
  • wire web worker


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