A professional who performs any combination of following tasks related to cultivating, growing, and harvesting or gathering shellfish, finfish, amphibians, and other marine life. Respnsibilities include:

• Stakes or fences ponds and growing areas following specified pattern to lay out planting bed.
• Sows spat on sea bottom and covers with sand and shell mixture.
• Patrols shrimp ponds and tidal pens on foot or by motorboat to detect presence of predators.
• Transfers finfish from tanks to rearing ponds, using dip net.
• Scatters food over growing area by hand or using blower.
• Wades in water or drives boat to harvest area.
• Collects marine life, using gill net, brail, shovel, or tongs.
• Rigs and lowers dredge baskets, using block and tackle, and raises to empty catch.
• Picks out marketable marine life and places in container, returning illegal catch to sea.
• Packs and ices catch for shipment.
• Unloads catch from boat deck, using conveyor, basket, or shovel.
• Strings empty oyster shells (used for growing-media) on wire or places in basket.
• Cleans ponds and tanks, and repairs screens, retaining walls, and fences.
• Removes debris, seaweed, and predators from water to maintain growing area.
• May be designated according to type of marine life worked as Clam-Bed Laborer; Fish Hatchery Laborer; Oyster-Bed Laborer; Shrimp Pond Laborer.