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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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