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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 “Sponge Clipper”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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