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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”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Crabber”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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