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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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