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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 “Crab Fisher”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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