Gatherer, seaweed

Fishery and aquaculture labourers perform simple and routine tasks in cultivating, raising and catching fish and other aquatic organisms in inland, coastal and deep-sea waters.

• cleaning the seabed and cultivating and feeding fish and shellfish;
• gathering seaweed, mussels and other marine shellfish;
• preparing nets, fishing gear and other equipment;
• handling fishing gear to catch fish and other aquatic organisms;
• cleaning, sorting and packing fish and other aquatic organisms in ice and salt to preserve the catch;
• cleaning the deck and catch storage areas;
• handling ropes when mooring in ports.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Worker, fish farm
• Gatherer, seaweed