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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 “Shrimping Boat Captain”

Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
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.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
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.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
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.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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