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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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