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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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