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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 “Lobsterman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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