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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”

Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
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.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
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.
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.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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