6221-Aquaculture Workers

Tasks include:

• breeding, raising and cultivating fish, mussels, oysters and other forms of aquatic life as cash crops or for release into freshwater or saltwater
• collecting and recording growth, production and environmental data
• conducting and supervising stock examinations in order to identify diseases or parasites
• monitoring environments to ensure maintenance of optimum conditions for aquatic life
• directing and monitoring trapping and spawning of fish, egg incubation, and fry rearing, applying knowledge of management and fish culturing techniques
• cleaning, freezing, icing or salting catch on or offshore and preparing fish and other products for shipment
• maintaining buildings, tanks, machinery, boats and other equipment
• delivering or marketing products
• renting or investing in buildings, equipment and machinery and purchasing food and other supplies
• supervising and training aquaculture and fish hatchery support workers