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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 “Sea Shell Gatherer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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