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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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