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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 “Frog Farmer”

Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
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.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
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.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
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.
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.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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