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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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