Fish Cleaner: Dress-gang worker, fish cutter, fish dresser Cleans fish aboard ship or ashore, performing any combination of following tasks, alone or as member of crew: Scrapes scales from fish with knife. Cuts or rips fish from vent to throat with knife, and tears out viscera and gills. Cuts off head of fish with knife, drops head in tub, and slides fish along table to next worker. Washes blood from abdominal cavity by dropping fish in tub of water or by use of hose, and removes discolored membrane from abdomen lining with knife, spoon, scraper, glove, or piece of burlap. Cuts gashes along sides of fish to facilitate salt penetration during curing. Cuts fish behind gill slits, draws knife along backbone and ribs to free fillet (boneless portion of flesh), lays fillet skinside down on table, and draws knife laterally between skin and flesh to remove skin. Slices flesh from bones in fletches (longitudinal quarter sections) for further processing into boneless slices of fish. Unloads catch from fishing vessels [LABORER, WHARF (canning industry) 922.687-062]. May also pack fish in containers. May also remove slime from fish preparatory to canning and be designated Slimer (canning industry) (fishing industry). May also clean, dress, wrap, label, and store fish for guests at resort establishments and be designated Fish Housekeeper (restaurant industry). May also fillet fish and be designated Fish Filleter (canning industry) (fishing industry).

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There are a number of different summer seafood processing jobs at an onshore plant. The most common position is that of a fish processor or salmon slimer. Slimers work on the slime line gutting fresh salmon.

http://www.jobmonkey.com/summerjobs/alaska-fishing-jobs/

Flashback: Hillary Clinton fired from fish-sliming job

Hillary Clinton says that cleaning Alaskan salmon helped prepare her for the White House.

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/hillary-clinton-alaska...