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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 “Irish Moss Bleacher”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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