Chumming (American English from Powhatan) is the practice of luring various animals, usually fish such as sharks, by throwing "chum" into the water. Chum is bait consisting of fish parts, bone and blood, which attract fish, particularly sharks. In Australia and New Zealand, "chum" is referred to as burley. In the past it has also been "offal" for its contents, the otherwise rejected or wasted parts of killed animals including their internal organs.