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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 “Oysterman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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