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Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
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Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
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Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
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Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
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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.
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Participate in animal damage control, wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
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Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
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Patrol trap lines or nets to inspect settings, remove catch, and reset or relocate traps.
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Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
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Maintain and repair trapping equipment.
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Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
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Track animals by checking for signs such as droppings or destruction of vegetation.
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Obtain permission from landowners to hunt or trap on their land.
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Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
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Release quarry from traps or nets and transfer to cages.
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Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment.
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Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
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Scrape fat, blubber, or flesh from skin sides of pelts with knives or hand scrapers.
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Teach or guide individuals or groups unfamiliar with specific hunting methods or types of prey.
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Obtain required approvals for using poisons or traps, and notify persons in areas where traps and poison are set.
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Direct fishing or hunting operations, and supervise crew members.
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Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
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Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
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Travel on foot, by vehicle, or by equipment such as boats, snowmobiles, helicopters, snowshoes, or skis to reach hunting areas.
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Kill or stun trapped quarry, using clubs, poisons, guns, or drowning methods.
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Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
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Skin quarry, using knives, and stretch pelts on frames to be cured.
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Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
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Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.