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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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