Profession fisheries adviser

Fisheries advisers provide consultancy on fish stocks and their habitats. They manage the costal fishing business modernisation and provide improvement solutions. Fisheries advisers develop plans and policies for fisheries management. They may provide advice on protected farms and wild fish stock.

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Personality Type

• Investigative / Realistic
• Realistic / Investigative
• Social / Realistic

Knowledge

• Fisheries management

  The principles, methods and equipment used in population management applied to fisheries: the concept of catch, by-catch, fishing effort, maximum sustainable yield, different sampling methods and how to use sampling material.

• Water policies

  Have a solid understanding of policies, strategies, institutions, and regulations concerning water.

• Fish identification and classification

  The processes which allow the identification and classification of fish.

• Fisheries legislation

  The study and analysis of different fisheries management approaches taking into account international treaties and industry norms in order to analyze fisheries management regulations. 

• Environmental legislation

  The environmental policies and legislation applicable in a certain domain.

• Fish biology

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

Skills

• Provide advice to hatcheries

  Provide recommendations for the installation and well functioning of hatcheries.

• Conduct research before survey

  Acquire information about property and its boundaries before the survey by searching legal records, survey records, and land titles.

• Analyse business objectives

  Study data according to business strategies and objectives and make both short-term and long-term strategic plans.

• Prepare surveying report

  Write a survey report containing information on property boundaries, the height and depth of the terrain, etc..

• Study fish migration

  Perform research and study the fish migration and movement, taking into account the environmental factors such as the influence of water salinity.

• Inspect fish eggs

  Inspect fish eggs. Remove dead, unviable, and off-colour eggs using a suction syringe.

• Process collected survey data

  Analyse and interpret survey data acquired from a wide variety of sources e.g. satellite surveys, aerial photography and laser measurement systems.

• Advise on environmental remediation

  Advise on the development and implementation of actions which aim to remove sources of pollution and contamination from the environment.

• Assess fish health condition

  Identify and prepare fish condition for the safe application of treatments.

• Assess site production potential

  Assess the production potential of a site. Assess the trophic resources of a natural site and assess advantages and constraints of a site.

• Advise on soil and water protection

  Advise on the effects of soil and water management practices in controlling pollutant loss, nitrate leaching and reduce soil erosion.

• Monitor hatchery production

  Monitor and maintain hatchery production, monitoring stocks and movements.

• Estimate fishery status

  Recognise the basic biological data to estimate the status of a fishery. Recognise the captured species by simple ocular observation and compare the amount and size of catches to those of previous periods.

• Support fishery training procedures

  Support colleagues progress in their line of work by increasing their job specific know-how.

• Apply fishery biology to fishery management

  Manage fisheries resources by applying specific techniques based on fishery biology.

• Develop business case

  Gather relevant information in order to come up with a well-written and well-structured document that provides the trajectory of a given project.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB