Career - Aquaculture Technician

Aquaculture Technicians will breed and raise marine organisms such as fish, eels, crustaceans, shellfish, pearl-producing shellfish, algae, crocodiles and turtles in artificial conditions and identify common diseases in fish and shellfish, and take the necessary steps to prevent problems that may occur in intensive farming. They will assist with experiments relating to nutrition or methods of controlling predators, parasites and other disease-causing organisms and monitor the environment using oxygen meters, salinity meters, pH (acidity) meters and water chemistry analysis kits. They will maintain live feed and algae cultures and keep records of breeding, production and treatment programs. He will also develop and implement systems of profitable farm management.

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