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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 Man”

Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
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.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
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.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
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.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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