Aquaculture Hatchery Technician Market-oriented Skilled Forestry & Fishery Workers

The legal boundaries, codes of professional conduct, national and EU regulatory frameworks and legal procedures of working with animals and living organisms, ensuring their welfare and health.

The study of fish, shellfish or crustacean organisms, categorized into many specialised fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behaviour, origins and distribution.

The techniques used to induce spawning, spawning on nests, stripping using appropriate techniques for specific species of fish, molluscs, crustaceans and others. The environmental control of spawning, the use of …

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Breeding and Genetics in Aquaculture

Abhijit Godse

2026

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The green water incubation technology used during aquaculture hatchery.

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Emerging Technologies, Environment and Research for Sustainable Aquaculture

Qian Lu, Mohammad Seraju…

2020

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Standards of sanitation and cleanliness essential to effective control of fungi and other parasites under intensive culture conditions.

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Practical Sanitation in the Food Industry

Ian S. Maddox

2020

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The methods, characteristics and equipment used to cultivate phytoplankton, microalgae and live prey such as rotifers or Artemia with advanced techniques.

Perform waste water treatment according to regulations checking for biological waste and chemical waste.

Make sure that health and safety procedures have been established and followed across all aquaculture facilities including cages. Ensure that personnel and general public are instructed and all work activities …

Analyse and interpret data like biological properties to know the quality of water.

Plan and use appropriate biosafety measures to prevent transmission of diseases and ensure effective overall biosecurity. Maintain and follow biosecurity procedures and infection control when working with animals, including recognising …

Measure water quality: temperature, oxygen, salinity, pH, N2, NO2,NH4, CO2, turbidity, chlorophyll. Monitor microbiological water quality.

Collect and preserve larval, fish and mollusc samples or lesions for diagnosis by fish disease specialists.

Screen for deformities in live fish including larvae

Carry out manual feeding. Calibrate and operate automatic and computerised feeding systems.

Collect naturally spawned fish eggs, eliminate egg adhesiveness, incubate eggs until hatching, hatch and maintain newly born larvae, monitor larvae status, carry out early feeding and rearing techniques of the …

Maintain aquaculture equipment and identify equipment needs. Carry out routine maintenance and minor repairs as needed.

Incubate eggs until hatching. Assess quality of eggs. Inspect fish eggs. Remove dead, unviable, and off-colour eggs using a suction syringe. Produce eyed eggs. Hatch and maintain new-born larvae.

Cultivate phytoplankton and microalgae. Cultivate live prey such as rotifers or Artemia with advanced techniques.

Ensure standards of sanitation and cleanliness essential to effective control of fungi and other parasites under intensive culture conditions. Obtain uncontaminated fish and eggs by strict sanitary procedures and avoidance …

Handle wild and cultured broodstock. Quarantine wild and cultured broodstock. Select individuals for culture and/or fattening.

Induce spawning using appropriate techniques for specific cultured species of fish, molluscs, crustaceans or others. Determine sexual maturity of broodstock, using appropriate techniques as indicated for cultured species of fish, …

Carefully maintain hatchery production records and inventory. Maintain accurate hatchery records including the preparation of health documents for the transport of juveniles.

Maintain the production of juveniles at the nursery stage using advanced high density production techniques

Plan and conduct wild broodstock capture and quarantine wild broodstock if necessary. Monitor the collection of larvae or juveniles from environment. Control the use of appropriate techniques for the specific …

Make sure that feeders, feeding system and monitoring instruments are working. Analyse feedback from the instruments.

Monitor the health of fish, based on feeding and general behaviour. Interpret environmental parameters and analyse mortalities.

Monitor and maintain hatchery production, monitoring stocks and movements.

Efficiently operate a hatchery recirculation system for specified aquatic organisms

The environmental policies and legislation applicable in a certain domain.

The study of the form or morphology of fish species.

Recommended Books

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Biology and Ecology of Fishes

James S. Diana, Tomas O.…

2023

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The Histology of Fishes

Krzysztof Formicki, Fran…

2019

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The process of planning, monitoring and adjusting the expenses and revenues of a business in order to achieve cost efficiency and capability.

The methods used to plan and carry out a genetic selection programme for selected species of fish, molluscs, crustaceans and others.

Competent use of English; R351refers to level C1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Communicate transparent instructions. Ensure that messages are understood and followed correctly.

Solve problems which arise in planning, prioritising, organising, directing/facilitating action and evaluating performance. Use systematic processes of collecting, analysing, and synthesising information to evaluate current practice and generate new understandings …

Lead, supervise and motivate a group of people, in order to meet the expected results within a given timeline and with the foreseen resources in mind.

Pursue optimal time-critical decision making within the organisation.

Operate equipment for water disinfection, using different methods and techniques, such as mechanical filtration, depending on needs.

Compose work-related reports that support effective relationship management and a high standard of documentation and record keeping. Write and present results and conclusions in a clear and intelligible way so …

Feed broodstock according to nutritional needs. This will initially include live prey such as rotifers and artemia.

Grade young cultured species.

Carry out spawning and fertilisation techniques on fish eggs

Operate water heating and pump equipment as appropriate such as electrical heaters, heat exchangers, heat pumps, and solar pumps.

Operate different water oxygenation systems according to requirements: surface aerators, paddle wheel aerators, column/cascade aerators, and pure oxygenation systems.