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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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