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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 Fisherman”

Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
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.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
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.
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.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
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.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.

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