The Shellfish Farmer is typically responsible for the:
Daily control of the state and health of the farm environment (e.g. could be addressing issue of possible pollution of water/area)
Implementation of tasks pertaining to the ultimate production of the product (packaging activities, product positioning/marketing and identification and distribution to different markets and clients)
Maintaining high level quality tools and instruments, necessary for the job and the advanced technologies applied (e.g. In the company, ALMAR, harvesting of the clams is realised using tailored specific machines designed and built internally (inside the company). They do not use the typical well known "dredge")
Support throughout the production cycle e.g. AlMAR production cycle includes sexual stimulation of the clams, seeding, sanitary control, growth control, harvesting, selection of harvest, packaging and positioning on the market
Relation to Aquaculture
Within the aquaculture sector the shellfish farmer is responsible for the protection, development and control of a specific environment/ecosystem. He/she will make daily field site visits to monitor and control this environment for optimum successful growth of the species.
If you would like specific information and qualifications necessary to become
certified as a shellfish farmer, please click the ‘occupational
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