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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 “Lobsterman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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