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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 “Clipper”

Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
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.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
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.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
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.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
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.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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