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Job 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.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 45-3011.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 30,740.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 14.00
Currently, there are 520 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Fishers and Related Fishing Workers”.

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Tasks for “Bait Man”

Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.

Related Technology & Tools

Fishing dinghies
Triplex trawls
Fish finders
Marine radar navigation systems
Fishing scissors
Weir traps
Anchor chains
Pot haulers
Longline blocks
Gillnetters
Crab tongs
Thimbles
Gaffs
Drogues
Marine radar reflectors
Hook timers
Longline snaps
Distress flares
Fishing utility knives
Marine first aid equipment
Pair trawls
Electric windlasses
Fish magnets
Crab pots
Acorn buoys
Balloon trawls
Small decked fishing vessels
Jigging machines
Midwater trawls
Mooring lines
Dehookers
Fishing life preservers
Wood shell blocks
Bullet buoys
Distress flags
Trolling blocks
Fishing poles
Hoop nets
Line haulers
Jigs
Planers
Toggles
Marine fire extinguishers
Strobe lights
Gypsy hoists
Hook counters
Line setters
Fishing spears
Hydraulic capstans
Shrimp winches
Trollers
Anchor release hooks
Downriggers
Undecked fishing vessels
Radio buoys
Fishing rowboats
Radio direction finders RDF
Mooring buoys
Deck winches
Beach seines
Pound nets
Lobster pots
Pneumatic marine fenders
Hydraulic windlasses
Danish seines
Set nets
Wire rope cutters
Scuba diving equipment
Trammel nets
Crab nets
Harpoons
Marine sextants
Personal computers
Stake nets
Foam-filled marine fenders
Satellite radios
Laptop computers
Hook files
Fixed blade knives
Commercial fishing line sinkers
Pulse trawls
Chain stoppers
Snatch blocks
Multibeam sonar equipment
Life throw rings
Digital spring balance scales
Scottish seines
Fishing pliers
Sink lines
Large decked fishing vessels
Hand crimpers
Anchors
Bait freezers
Trawlers
Float lines
Longline haulers
Slat boxes
Inflatable life rafts
Fish transfer pumps
Half-face respirators
Net cleaning machines
Lobster traps
Power blocks
Magnetic compasses
Electric bottom-fishing reels
Seiners
Fish tag guns
Fathometer sonar equipment
Groundlines
Skiffs
Boat hooks
Safety vests
Commercial fishing vessel lifeboats
Hand capstans
Stow nets
Hand windlasses
Trap harnesses
Purse seines
Leader carts
Ice shovels
Tablet computers
Bench-mounted crimpers
Dogbones
Cast nets
Fish pots
Handlines
Marine hard hats
Emergency position-indicating radio beacons
Knuckle-boom cranes
Trotlines
Brailers
Immersion suits
Dip nets
Longline spools
Fishing dredges
Searchlight sonars
Polyballs
Otter trawls
Gill nets
Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
Bait nets
Bilge pumping systems
Eel traps
Net haulers
Commercial fish or shark hooks
Drift nets

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