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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 “Choker”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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