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Job Description

Direct and coordinate, through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities of workers engaged in fish hatchery production for corporations, cooperatives, or other owners.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 11-9013.03

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Aquacultural Managers”.

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Tasks for “Fisheries Specialist”

Direct and monitor trapping and spawning of fish, egg incubation, and fry rearing, applying knowledge of management and fish culturing techniques.
Determine how to allocate resources and to respond to unanticipated problems, such as insect infestation, drought, and fire.
Conduct and supervise stock examinations to identify diseases or parasites.
Design and construct pens, floating stations, and collector strings or fences for sea farms.
Devise and participate in activities to improve fish hatching and growth rates, and to prevent disease in hatcheries.
Collect information regarding techniques for fish collection and fertilization, spawn incubation, and treatment of spawn and fry.
Prepare reports required by state and federal laws.
Coordinate the selection and maintenance of brood stock.
Monitor environments to ensure maintenance of optimum conditions for aquatic life.
Confer with biologists, fish pathologists, and other fishery personnel to obtain data concerning fish habits, diseases, food, and environmental requirements.
Supervise and train aquaculture and fish hatchery support workers.
Operate and maintain cultivating and harvesting equipment.
Grow fish and shellfish as cash crops or for release into freshwater or saltwater.
Collect and record growth, production, and environmental data.
Account for and disburse funds.
Determine, administer, and execute policies relating to operations administration and standards, and facility maintenance.
Direct and monitor the transfer of mature fish to lakes, ponds, streams, or commercial tanks.
Scuba dive to inspect sea farm operations.
Identify environmental requirements of a particular species, and select and oversee the preparation of sites for species cultivation.

Related Technology & Tools

Clockwork belt feeders
Fish egg counters
Fish crowders
Gas-powered generators
Multipurpose tractors
Utility forklifts
Tanker trucks
Water test kits
Adjustable hand wrenches
Seine reels
Power mowers
pH probes
Biological filters
Tubing cutters
Air compression equipment
Power nail guns
Round metal files
Cage nets
Fish collection nets
Handheld dissolved oxygen meters
Tongue and groove pliers
Screen filters
Fish egg sorters
Utility knives
Layout squares
Water filters
Fish feeders
Straight screwdrivers
Aeration pumps
Power nail pullers
Hacksaws
Fish graders
Fish traps
Woodworking chisels
Laptop computers
Fish counters
Pipe wrenches
Multipurpose pliers
Propane torches
Ozone generators
Safety gloves
Turbine water pumps
Temperature monitors
Digital flowmeters
Dip nets
Fish transfer pumps
Water level monitors
Portable power saws
Phillips screwdrivers
Fry nets
Claw hammers
Personal computers
Centrifugal water pumps
Aquaculture tanks
Cordless power drills
Fish holding pens
Fish incubators
Ultraviolet light UV water disinfection systems

Fish stocking databases
Staff scheduling software
Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Access
Web browser software
AquaSoft Farm Manager
Data entry software
Statistical analysis software
Time reporting software
Microsoft Excel
Hatchery database systems