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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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