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“Fish Trapper” will probably be replaced by robots.

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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 “Fish Trapper”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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