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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 Gatherer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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