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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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