As an Aquaculture Hatchery Manager, you will need to master following:

• assess environmental impact in aquaculture operations
• assess feeding behaviour of larvae
• deliver aquatic products to customer specifications
• develop aquaculture hatchery business plan
• develop management plans to reduce risks in aquaculture
• enforce sanitation procedures
• fish anatomy
• fish biology
• genetic selection programme
• induce spawning of cultured aquaculture species
• inspect aquaculture equipment
• maintain the production of juveniles at the nursery stage
• manage aquatic resources stock production
• manage capture broodstock operations
• plan aquatic resources feeding regimes
• plankton production
• provide on-site training in aquaculture facilities
• sanitation measures for aquaculture hatchery production
• schedule hatchery supplies
• supervise aquaculture facilities

More generally, an aquaculture hatchery manager is also versed in:

• animal welfare legislation
• apply company policies
• aquaculture reproduction
• biosecurity
• control aquatic production environment
• ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety
• fish identification and classification
• licences regulation
• make time-critical decisions
• organise labour
• treat fish diseases
• write work-related reports

It also helps to know the following:

• aquaculture production planning software
• encourage teambuilding
• evaluate potential end-user conflicts
• feed broodstock
• hatchery design
• maintain hatchery records
• manage a small-to-medium business
• plan the work of teams and individuals
• screen live fish deformities
• develop aquaculture strategies
• implement scientific decision making in healthcare
• lead a team
• make independent operating decisions
• manage a team
• work in inclement conditions
• work in outdoor conditions
• work in shifts