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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”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Tonger”

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.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
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.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
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.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
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.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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