Aquaculture hatchery manager
Code 6221.3
Aquaculture hatchery managers plan, direct, and coordinate the production in large-scale aquaculture operations to breed fish and shellfish, developing aquaculture breeding strategies using various types of spawning techniques. They control the reproduction and the early life cycle stages of cultured species. They supervise incubation, early feeding and rearing techniques of the cultured species.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- fish anatomy
- fish biology
- biosecurity
- fish identification and classification
- animal welfare legislation
- sanitation measures for aquaculture hatchery production
- licences regulation
- plankton production
- genetic selection programme
- aquaculture reproduction
Skills and competences
- make time-critical decisions
- assess feeding behaviour of larvae
- apply company policies
- enforce sanitation procedures
- control aquatic production environment
- develop aquaculture hatchery business plan
- develop management plans to reduce risks in aquaculture
- ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety
- manage aquatic resources stock production
- manage capture broodstock operations
- induce spawning and fertilisation on aquaculture species
- inspect aquaculture equipment
- maintain the production of juveniles at the nursery stage
- plan aquatic resources feeding regimes
- write work-related reports
- schedule hatchery supplies
- deliver aquatic products to customer specifications
- organise labour
- supervise aquaculture facilities
- treat fish diseases
Transversal competences
- assess environmental impact in aquaculture operations
- provide on-site training in aquaculture facilities
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