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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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