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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”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Sponge Hooker”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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