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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 “Menhaden Fishing Crew Member”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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