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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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