How likely is AI to replace Fishing and Hunting Workers?

Published research puts Fishing and Hunting Workers at 9 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 4 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.

Do researchers agree on the risk for Fishing and Hunting Workers?

Broadly, yes. Individual estimates for Fishing and Hunting Workers run from 5 to 17 out of 100 across the 4 sources behind this score, a fairly tight range. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

Which agriculture roles face similar AI exposure?

The closest published agriculture roles to Fishing and Hunting Workers by score are Fallers (11/100), Forest and Conservation Workers (11/100), and Animal Breeders (16/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

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Will AI replace Fishing and Hunting Workers?

Lower risk

Baseline AI displacement risk for Fishing and Hunting Workers, aggregated from 4 research sources.

What this score means

Fishing and Hunting Workers is among the least exposed roles in Agriculture. Most of what the job involves still sits outside what current AI can do, even as the tools around it keep changing. At 9 out of 100 it scores 10 points below the Agriculture average of 19. Across the 4 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 5 to 17, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Fishing and Hunting Workers, most central first, showing 12 of 29.

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.
07Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
08Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
09Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
10Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
11Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment.
12Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 4 research sources that scored Fishing and Hunting Workers for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

01Global Automation Atlas: Task Substitution Exposure by Occupation · 2026Garg, Crosta, Baier (2026), arXiv:2605.17086
02Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations · 2025Tomlinson, Jaffe et al., Microsoft Research (2025)
03GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin, Rock (Science, 2024)
04AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023Felten, Raj, Seamans (2023)

Common questions

How likely is AI to replace Fishing and Hunting Workers?: Published research puts Fishing and Hunting Workers at 9 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 4 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.
Do researchers agree on the risk for Fishing and Hunting Workers?: Broadly, yes. Individual estimates for Fishing and Hunting Workers run from 5 to 17 out of 100 across the 4 sources behind this score, a fairly tight range. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.
Which agriculture roles face similar AI exposure?: The closest published agriculture roles to Fishing and Hunting Workers by score are Fallers (11/100), Forest and Conservation Workers (11/100), and Animal Breeders (16/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

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