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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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