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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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