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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 Dredge Boat Captain”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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