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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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