Oyster Boat Deckhands
Ximena Oysters LLC
📍 Port Lavaca, TX · Calhoun County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
- ✔ Overtime may be available
- ✔ Training provided
- ✔ Tools and equipment provided
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: H-400-26184-076441
- 📞 Phone: +1 (361) 436-0321
- ✉️ Email: ximenaoystersllc@yahoo.com
✉️ Application email template in English
Replace what is in brackets [ ] with your details. If the employer asked for another way to apply, follow their instructions.
Subject: Application for Oyster Boat Deckhands (H-2B) - Case H-400-26184-076441
Recruiters abroad declared by the employer
The employer told the Department of Labor it will recruit workers through these people or companies. Even so, they cannot charge you anything for the job.
- H2 Labormex LLC
Argentina · Mexico · USA
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Responsibilities include attaching apparatus devices to cable, boom, and hoist; loading and unloading equipment and supplies; and fishing/dredging oysters by setting up nets and lines, hauling in the catch, sorting, cleaning, culling, transplanting, storing, and unloading oysters. Workers must sort and return undesirable and undersized/illegal oysters to the bay. Oysters that remain on deck are hosed down removing dirt, weighed, bagged, labeled and brought to port ready for pick-up by freezer trucks and brought to the processing plant for its process. Additional oyster-related duties include placing PVC pipe and/or oyster markers in private oyster leases and transplanting oysters, shells, and rocks. Workers are responsible for keeping all work areas clean, including the deck, equipment, iceboxes/coolers, and cabin. Duties include securing and removing mooring lines for vessels to and from the dock or other vessels. Shipyard work includes cleaning the vessel and equipment. Aboard the fishing vessel, duties may include standing lookout, steering (helmsman duties), and engine room watches. Workers will load and unload oyster sacks from the vessel to the dock cooler and/or freight trucks.
The worker must comply at all times with the safety procedures established by the United States Coast Guard, as well as with the applicable laws of the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife.
The work will be carried out in multiple locations in Texas, including the addresses 732 Broadway St, Port Lavaca, TX 77979 and 825 2nd St, Seadrift, TX 77983. Work will also be performed in public and private waters off the Texas coast in Matagorda, and Calhoun counties.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | Not required |
Must be able to lift and carry up to 100 pounds. Seafood allergies may be fatal. Hours vary due to weather, mechanical issues and other Acts of God. Weekend work and overtime possible. Willing to work outdoors on oyster boats, exposed to weather; must be capable of doing physically strenuous labor for long hours, occasionally in extreme heat. All applicants must be able, willing, qualified to perform work described and must be available for the entire period specified.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 6:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Pay details | Raises and/or bonuses may be offered based on individual factors including work performance, skill, and tenure. |
| Pay deductions | The employer will make all deductions from worker's paycheck required by law and no others without worker consent. The employer does not envision other workforce-wide payroll deductions. Potential elective deductions to be pre-authorized in writing if applicable are as follows: If requested, employer helps non-local workers secure optional worker-paid lodging. No daily transportation to/from workers' home and primary worksite. Such transportation complies with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws/regulations. |
Other work sites
- Multiple Towns And Cities, TX
- Port Lavaca, TX
- Multiple Towns And Cities, TX
| Case number | H-400-26184-076441 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Fishing and Hunting Workers (45-3031.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Kirchner Law PLLC |
| Posted | Jul 30, 2026 |