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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”

Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
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.
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.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
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.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
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.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
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.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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