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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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