Fish related jobs?

[white specter crayfish]

I love fish as pets and I was wondering what some fish related jobs are, I know of zoology, marine biology and ichthyology, but they require a lot of field work which won't be easy to do seeing as I'd have a fish tank. Are there any other fish related jobs you can think of?

 

[fishhead0103666]

Fish breeder is the first thing that comes to mind but it's a labor of love that more often then not ends up sucking the love out of the hobby for most I find.

 

[krichardson]

Fish catcher/bagger at Petsmart or Petco.

 

[tlindsey]

Fish catcher/bagger at Petsmart or Petco.

+1

 

[Rocksor]

Working for an online fish distributor or fish breeding facility.

 

[MrsE88]

You could also see about working at fish events. Some may strictly be volunteer work, but would give exposure and experience.
Working at a zoo or public aquarium would also be options if you have some close by.

 

[BIG-G]

I think I would go kind of a different route but still fish related.
Most areas have some sort of native fish hatchery for stocking local waters and sell to people stocking ponds and such.
You could work in a few different capacities for a place like that, either being directly involved with the breeding and care of the animals to actually delivering the fish to stocking locations or maybe even something to do with a wildlife agency.
I have no clue what pay would be like. just a thought.

 

[duanes]

After being a fish keeper for years,(and working in a totally unrelated career) i went back to school for environmental science, and ended up as a chemist/microbiologist in a drinking water facility.
I realize this has no "direct" relationship to the fish themselves.
But it provided all the BAT (best available technology) for water testing (information, and equipment (everything from simple pH meters (and their calibration) to hi-tech spectrometers) filtration methods such as UV, ozone, fractionation, other new technology, and a lab to experiment in, many media types, yet seldom required field work.

Within the facility part of my job was to examine and access the efficiency of 32 olympic swimming pool sized bio-filters, test for pathogens, and the bacteria in bio-media.
All these did have a direct relationship toward my understanding of, and fish and one of the most important parts keeping.

 

[Yoimbrian]

most fish related jobs are not well paying. In my opinion you’re way better off getting a well paying job so you have plenty of money to spend on fish.

Anyone with a computer science degree can easily make 6 figures right out of school.

 

[Belly up]

We refer to Department of Natural Resources law enforcement officers as "Fish Cops". Their duties extend beyond checking licenses, creel limits, size requirements, etc., but they do deal with protecting native fish quite a bit.

One could also become a fish processor at a canning plant or for the fresh caught market.