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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 “Tonger”

Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
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.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
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.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
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.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
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.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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