A professional who performs any combination of following duties aboard fishing vessel. Respnsibilities include:

• Stands lookout, steering, and engine-room watches.
• Attaches nets, slings, hooks, and other lifting devices to cables, booms, and hoists.
• Loads equipment and supplies aboard vessel by hand or using hoisting equipment.
• Signals other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
• Rows boats and dinghies and operates skiffs to transport fishers, divers, and sponge hookers and to tow and position nets.
• Attaches accessories, such as floats, weights, and markers to nets and lines.
• Pulls and guides nets and lines onto vessel.
• Removes fish from nets and hooks.
• Sorts and cleans marine life and returns undesirable and illegal catch to sea.
• Places catch in containers and stows in hold and covers with salt and ice.
• Washes deck, conveyors, knives and other equipment, using brush, detergent, and water.
• Lubricates, adjusts, and makes minor repairs to engines and equipment.
• Secures and removes vessel's docking lines to and from docks and other vessels.
• May be designated according to type of vessel worked as Deckhand, Clam Dredge; Deckhand, Crab Boat; Deckhand, Oyster Dredge; Deckhand, Shrimp Boat; Deckhand, Sponge Boat; Deckhand, Tuna Boat.