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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 “Shell Fisherman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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