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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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