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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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