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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 “Ocean Clam Boat Captain”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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