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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”

Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
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.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
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.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
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.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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