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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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