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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 Farmer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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