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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 “Kelp Cutter”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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