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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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