Description
Inspect fish and seafood products, vessels, aquaculture sites, and processing facilities and equipment to ensure compliance with health, quality, safety, and fisheries regulations and laws.
- • Inspect fish harvesting, aquaculture, landing, and seafood processing operations for compliance with health, quality, safety, and fisheries laws.
- • Inspect or test fish and shellfish for disease, parasites, histamine, chemical residues, contamination, and overall quality.
- • Verify cold-chain, icing, handling, and transportation procedures meet regulatory requirements and prevent contamination.
- • Collect samples of fish, shellfish, water, ice, or contact surfaces and route them to laboratories for microbiological, chemical, or toxin testing.
- • Interpret and enforce seafood safety and fisheries regulations and explain required standards to harvesters and processors.
- • Write reports of findings and recommendations and advise fishers, aquaculture operators, or processors on corrective actions.
- • Inspect the cleanliness, hygiene, and practices of establishment employees and vessel crews.
- • Monitor the operations and sanitary conditions of fishing vessels, aquaculture sites, landing docks, and seafood processing plants.
- • Inspect seafood products and processing procedures, including HACCP systems, to determine whether products are safe to eat.
- • Take enforcement actions, such as product holds, recalls, or facility closures, if seafood safety is compromised.
- • Monitor grading, sizing, and quality assessments performed by company employees to verify conformance to standards.
- • Label and seal graded seafood and issue official inspection or grading certificates.
- • Examine, weigh, and measure fish and shellfish to certify species, grades, sizes, and weights and verify quotas or size limits.
- • Compare formulas and ingredient statements for processed seafood with approved recipes and regulatory requirements.
- • Provide consultative services on equipment or product evaluation, facility layout, sanitation, temperature control, and seafood safety systems.
- • Testify in legal or administrative proceedings regarding inspection findings and enforcement actions.
Related specializations
Interview options
Interview options
Interviewee gender
Interviewee accent
Interview time
Related Pathways
Agriculture
View
Source
Tasks & skills:
O*NET occupational data (work activities, skills, knowledge).
Learn more
Sources & Standards:
This site includes information from O*NET by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. Career Clutch has modified some of this information for student readability. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.
Last reviewed: Jan 2026
