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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 “Striker”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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