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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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