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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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