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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 Dredger”

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.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
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.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
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.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
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.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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