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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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