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“Fish, Frog, or Oyster Farmer” 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, Frog, or Oyster Farmer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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