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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”

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

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