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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 “Otter Trawler Boatswain”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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