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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”

Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
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.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
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.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
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.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
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.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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