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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 “Scalloper”

Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
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.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
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.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
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.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
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.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
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.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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