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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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