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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 “Lobster Catcher”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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