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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 Floater”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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