Although Nagaragawa ukai that is conducted in Gifu City is famous, Oze ukai is also patronized by the Imperial Court as with Nagaragawa ukai and the official job title of ujo (a fisherman of cormorant fishing) is Kunaicho (Imperial Household Agency) shikibushoku ujo.
長良川の鵜飼いとしては、岐阜市の長良川鵜飼が有名であるが、小瀬鵜飼も長良川鵜飼と同じ皇室御用の鵜飼であり、鵜匠は職名を宮内庁式部職鵜匠という。