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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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