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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 Fisherman”

Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing 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.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
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.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
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.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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