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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 “Hooker”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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