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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 “Captain”

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.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
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.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
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.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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