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Canada Moderate

Aquaculture and marine harvest labourers

Aquaculture and marine harvest labourers include aquaculture support workers, marine plant gatherers, shellfish diggers and other labourers in aquaculture and fishing. Aquaculture support workers are employed by public or private fish hatcheries and commercial aquatic farms. Marine plant gatherers and mollusk harvesters may be self-employed.

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Salary Information

National wage data for this occupation
Entry-level
CA$17.00
/hr
Typical
CA$22.00
/hr
Experienced
CA$36.06
/hr

Average: CA$25.86/hr

81.2% of workers in this occupation receive non-wage benefits

Source: Job Bank Canada. Wages may vary by region and experience.

Examples

Illustrative Examples
  • aquaculture support worker
  • clam digger
  • dulse gatherer
  • fish farm helper
  • fish tagger
  • fry marker
  • marine plant gatherer
  • oyster picker
  • sea farm attendant
  • seaweed gatherer
  • shellfish harvester
All Examples
  • aquaculture support worker
  • aquaculture worker
  • clam digger
  • dulse gatherer
  • fish farm helper
  • fish farm worker
  • fish hatchery attendant
  • fish hatchery tagger
  • fish hatchery worker
  • fish hatchery worker - aquaculture
  • fish tagger
  • fry marker
  • fry marker - fishing
  • fry tagger
  • hatchery helper
  • hatchery worker - aquaculture
  • Irish moss gatherer
  • lobster pound attendant
  • marine plant gatherer
  • mussel farm labourer
  • mussel harvester
  • oyster harvester
  • oyster picker
  • oyster picker-shucker
  • quahog digger
  • sea farm attendant
  • sea farm worker
  • seaweed gatherer
  • shellfish bed attendant
  • shellfish harvester

Main Duties

Main Duties
  • This group performs some or all of the following duties:
  • Assist aquaculture technicians in the operation of fish hatcheries or other aquatic farms
  • Feed aquaculture stocks, vaccinate stocks, perform culling and marking or banding techniques and report any observed irregularities in stocks
  • Operate, maintain and clean pumps, filters, tanks and other aquaculture equipment and clean and maintain aquaculture enclosures
  • Keep daily records of water flow and fish, shellfish and marine plant samples
  • Grade and weigh aquaculture stocks
  • Prepare aquaculture stocks for market
  • Rake seaweed, dulse or Irish moss from beach, rocks or shallow water and load into a cart, wagon or other receptacles
  • Spread gatherings to dry and remove foreign objects
  • Transport gatherings to processing plant
  • Dig clams from beds with spades, forks or other instruments, or collect other mollusks
  • Clean, sort and transport mollusks to market
  • May operate boats for aquaculture operations.

Requirements

Employment Requirements
  • Some secondary school education is usually required.
  • Shellfish harvesters require commercial fishing licences.
  • Marine Emergency Duties certificate may be required for some occupations in this unit group.

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Data from Statistics Canada (NOC 2021), ESDC Labour Market Information, and Job Bank Canada