NOC 2021 · 85102 · TEER 5
Aquaculture and marine harvest labourers
Unit group 85102 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
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.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- 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
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.