Will AI Replace Fishing and Hunting Workers?

Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Direct fishing or hunting operations, and supervise crew members.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Travel on foot, by vehicle, or by equipment such as boats, snowmobiles, helicopters, snowshoes, or skis to reach hunting areas.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

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.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Scrape fat, blubber, or flesh from skin sides of pelts with knives or hand scrapers.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Patrol trap lines or nets to inspect settings, remove catch, and reset or relocate traps.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Kill or stun trapped quarry, using clubs, poisons, guns, or drowning methods.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Maintain and repair trapping equipment.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Obtain permission from landowners to hunt or trap on their land.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Obtain required approvals for using poisons or traps, and notify persons in areas where traps and poison are set.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Track animals by checking for signs such as droppings or destruction of vegetation.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Skin quarry, using knives, and stretch pelts on frames to be cured.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Teach or guide individuals or groups unfamiliar with specific hunting methods or types of prey.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Release quarry from traps or nets and transfer to cages.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Participate in animal damage control, wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.