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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”

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.
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.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
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.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
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.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
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.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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