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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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