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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 “Scallop Dredger”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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