Fisheries Officer
By: Mady W.
What's a fisheries officer and what do they do?
A fisheries officer is someone that tries to protect the fish in fresh or salt water, and also to keep the water in the body of water from carrying unwanted items into the bodies of water. What a fisheries officers duties are that they have to deal with water pollution reports, survey rivers and lakes for fish, and the population of the body of water. Water pollution reports mean that if a company is putting unwanted materials into the water. For example a paper company, they might take the water from the bay, but put the water back but this time it there’s chemicals. They will have to take surveys to see how many types of fish are in the body of water and what they are doing in the bodies of water. The population of the water just means how many of each kind of fish is in the water.
What is the salary pay for a year on the job?
If you’re thinking about being a fisheries officer, you just might want to know what you’re yearly pay maybe. A median of being a fisheries officer is $48,800.00 per year. In the United States there’s three states that have the highest yearly salaries in the United States. The first state that has the largest pay is Maryland, paying the highest mean of $67,430.00. The second highest paying state is California, which the mean price is $65,730.00 per year. Third place state that has the highest paying mean for a fisheries office is Nevada, paying $61,620.00 per year.
What degrees do I have to get in college to be a fisheries officer?
What is the environmental relationship between the environment and job?
The environmental relationship between the environment and job is that you’re trying to protect the environment from unwanted items to enter the water or for the item to kill the fish. You would be taking water samples to see if the water has too much chemicals in it, or if there’s a certain problem in the water. For example, if you have a big zebra mussels problem, you would want to stop the problem and warn people about it. You would have to take test on the fish to see what kind it is, how long its been there, and where it came from. These question that you have to solve with help protect the lake, rivers, and fish survive.
What are some advantages of being a fisheries officer?
What is a disadvantage of being a fisheries officer?
Some cool facts about a fisheries officer are....
Some cool facts about fisheries officer is that it has been around in certain countries for hundreds of years. Some things that you should have or do to be good at being a fisheries officer is
- A comprehensive background investigation
- A physical test, including cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, strength, flexibility and swimming
- A written aptitude test
- An oral board interview with four officers and a biologist
- A polygraph exam
- A psychological exam
- A medical exam (following the Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines)
The websites I used were...
*http://wildlife.utah.gov/dwr/law-enforcement/become-an-officer.ht
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*http://www.luckylures.nl/info/Muskie_1.jpg