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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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