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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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