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Many people aren’t quite sure what aquaculture even is. Simply put: Aquaculture is farming of anything that lives in the water including plants, fish, and shellfish. This includes both fresh water and marine species. It includes both land locked and open water species. These things are then processed and sent away for people to eat.
There are many different ways to catch and capture species in the water and all of these ways have accompanying aquaculture careers. Some people fish – that’s a career in aquaculture. Also falling into this category would be seaman/woman, master fishers, captain and crew on merchant ships, aquaculture farmers, seafood farmers, and fisheries employees.
Of course there are aquaculture careers that deal with processing the caught fish, shell fish, and plants. These careers include a fish processor, a food processor for sea food, a fisheries observer, and an aquaculture technician.
For all these careers, since there are laws that need to be followed and since the food needs to be kept safe, there are careers that oversee all the other aquaculture careers. These careers include boating and fisheries patrol officer, fisheries officer, marine officer, and fisheries technical officer.
Some careers in aquaculture can be quite dangerous. In fact, it’s not uncommon for a commercial fishing boat to go missing and never be found. It’s even less uncommon for a single crew member to sustain a major injury or even lose his/her life while fishing.
The open waters can be very dangerous and so can the weather. Then throw in dangerous equipment and it’s no wonder things are dangerous. Dangerous equipment matched up with dangerous conditions certainly results in dangerous situations.
Some of these careers take degrees while others don’t. The “front line” jobs, the jobs of actually going out and collecting the fish and shellfish are hard work and are usually staffed with strong, tough, and relatively uneducated people.
This is true of fishing crews on vessels that fish on the ocean – it’s a tough job. However, even though it’s hard work, most workers love what they do and become addicted to the open sea and the thrill of a great catch. It’s also a job that’s often passed from one generation to the next and can be a source of pride for a person and a family.
There are many aquaculture careers. Some of them are safe jobs that are mostly based in a factory or even in an office. Other aquaculture careers are very difficult, exciting, and dangerous. It’s safe to say that there is pretty much a job for any personality type in the field of aquaculture.
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