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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”

Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
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.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, 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.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
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.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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