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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 “Commercial Crabber”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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