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“Blue Crabber” will probably be replaced by robots.

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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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