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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”

Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
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.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
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.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
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.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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