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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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