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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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