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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”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Clam Sorter”

Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing 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.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
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.
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.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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