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“Clam Digger” 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 “Clam Digger”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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