Aquatic college degree?

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Your probably never going to make a ton of money doing it. but i would rather do it and love it then hate life and make more money.
 
ya, is there anything else? i would prefer south and central america, i love them. I mean, it not like i can't have another job exporting and selling fish, lol.
I also hear 30k-60k
 
well u could use ur resources. Attempt to set up a breeding habitat with a rare fish. then when accomplished half the fry "disappear" and ur bank account sky rockets. then repeat lol
 
Somethingfishyinc.net;3895503; said:
hard to make a decent living, depends on your life style & how you want to live it? Do you want to struggle to be middle class or poor or well off & have a kick ass hobby on weekends?
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I have lived middle class my whole life, and now i am poor living with my girlfriend, so not much difference. You can also say, would you rather enjoy everyday doing what you love and dealing with your hobby 24/7 and not make as much money or make good money but struggle everyday to get out of bed and drag yourself to work and only do your hobby on the weekend;).

I found another database that said for 2008 was $34k to $36k. and in south america you would be considered upper class
 
id rather do a job that brings in good money to by more fish equintment and tanks and fish then make half of what i pay and have low grade filteration system and tanks and fish cuase i chose the wrong path
 
I received my bachelor degree in marine zoology and my masters in ichthyological taxonomy with a minor in paleoichthyology. However, the best employment I was able to find (at the time) offered only $17K for a contract only guaranteed at 2 year intervals. That's the reason I converted my core courses over to an engineering major.
So, now I work as an electromechanical engineer in manufacturing process control and keep my favored field as a hobby.

But, keep up your research. There are far more fields open now, in aquatic fields, than there were 30 years ago when I had to make my choices.

If I had the chance, I would look into fishery science in the way of laboratory pathology and genetics. Keeping fin fish healthy in a hatchery farm environments can prove lucritive by working on advancements that may be employed in hatcheries worldwide. And, experience in the lab can lead to working with research groups in marine parks, universities, and museums.
 
Oddball;3895551; said:
I received my bachelor degree in marine zoology and my masters in ichthyological taxonomy with a minor in paleoichthyology. However, the best employment I was able to find (at the time) offered only $17K for a contract only guaranteed at 2 year intervals. That's the reason I converted my core courses over to an engineering major.
So, now I work as an electromechanical engineer in manufacturing process control and keep my favored field as a hobby.

But, keep up your research. There are far more fields open now, in aquatic fields, than there were 30 years ago when I had to make my choices.
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Thanks oddball, that stinks that happened, but aquatic biologist isn't to bad.
 
What about an oceanographer? I've also currently been looking at careers involving fish.
 
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