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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 Ocean Clammer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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