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
Available on paid plans only
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
