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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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