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“Clam Picker” 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 Picker”

Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
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.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
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.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
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.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
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.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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