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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 Up”

Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
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.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, 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.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
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.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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