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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 “Frog Catcher”

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

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Trollers
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Fathometer sonar equipment
Hand capstans
Gaffs
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Marine radar reflectors
Distress flags
Longline snaps
Thimbles
Mooring buoys
Searchlight sonars
Anchors
Stow nets
Net haulers
Pulse trawls
Personal computers
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Planers
Trolling blocks
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Knuckle-boom cranes
Fish magnets
Weir traps
Fishing spears
Distress flares
Hydraulic windlasses
Marine hard hats
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Anchor chains
Fish tag guns
Emergency position-indicating radio beacons
Downriggers
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Leader carts
Hook timers
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Toggles
Crab tongs
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Magnetic compasses
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Groundlines
Fish transfer pumps
Polyballs
Longline haulers
Slat boxes
Satellite radios
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Fishing scissors
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Dehookers
Scuba diving equipment
Triplex trawls
Foam-filled marine fenders
Electric windlasses
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Hook files
Multibeam sonar equipment
Float lines
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Trap harnesses
Life throw rings
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Pot haulers
Electric bottom-fishing reels
Deck winches
Fish finders
Dip nets
Fishing life preservers
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Digital spring balance scales
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Tablet computers
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Radio buoys
Line haulers
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