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“Commercial Crabber” will probably be replaced by robots.

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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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