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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 “Scalloper”

Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
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.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
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.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
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.
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.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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