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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”

Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
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.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
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.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
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.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
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.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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