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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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