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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 “Captain”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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