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“Oyster Harvester” 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 Harvester”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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