29 CFR § 784.107 - Relationship of employee's work to operations on the specified aquatic products.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s784.107"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 784.107 - Relationship of employee's work to operations on the specified aquatic products."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "784.107"
section_name: "Relationship of employee's work to operations on the specified aquatic products."
chapter_name: "WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY OR INTERPRETATION NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO REGULATIONS"
part_number: "784"
part_name: "PROVISIONS OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT APPLICABLE TO FISHING AND OPERATIONS ON AQUATIC PRODUCTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 1-19, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended, 75 Stat. 65; 29 U.S.C. 201-219."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 13342, Aug. 20, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "784"
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# 784.107 Relationship of employee's work to operations on the specified aquatic products.
It is also necessary to the application of the exemptions that the operation of which the employee's work is a part be performed on the marine products named in the Act. Thus the operations described in section 13(a)(5) must be performed with respect to “any kind of fish, shellfish, crustacea, sponges, seaweeds, or other aquatic forms of animal and vegetable life.” The operations enumerated in section 13(b)(4) must be performed with respect to “any kind of fish, shellfish, or other aquatic forms of animal or vegetable life, or any byproduct thereof”. Work performed on products which do not fall within these descriptions is not within the exemptions (*Fleming* v. *Hawkeye Pearl Button Co.,* 113 F. 2d 52; *Mitchell* v. *Trade Winds, Inc.,* 289 F. 2d 278; *Walling* v. *Haden,* 153 F. 2d 196).