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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”

Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
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.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
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.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
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.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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