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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 “Seaweed Harvester”

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.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
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.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
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.
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.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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