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“Clam Dredger” 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 Dredger”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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