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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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