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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 Fisherman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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