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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 “Shrimp Trawler Captain”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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