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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”

Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting 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.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
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.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
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.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
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.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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