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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 “Hookman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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