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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 “Lobster Catcher”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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