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“Oyster Culler” will probably be replaced by robots.

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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 “Oyster Culler”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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