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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 “Moss Gatherer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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