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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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