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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 Hooker”

Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
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.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
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.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
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.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
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.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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