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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 Fisher”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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