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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 “Quahogger”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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