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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 “Commercial Crabber”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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