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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 “Chummer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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