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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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