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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 On”

Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
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.
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.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
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.
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.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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