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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 “Blue Crabber”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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