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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 “Crab Catcher”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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