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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 Gatherer”

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.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing 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.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
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.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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