Also called: Fish Pathologist
Diagnoses and prevents diseases in hatchery, farmed, and wild fish.
Dissects fish to look for parasites, runs lab tests for viruses that could wipe out a hatchery, and certifies fish as disease-free before they're stocked in lakes.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's in fish health, microbiology, or fisheries.
Ways in: Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Microbiology, Fisheries Science.
Growing about average. Niche.
Low risk for 10 years. Lab automation speeds disease tests; necropsies, sampling and solving outbreaks at hatcheries and farms stay hands-on.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Microbiology (dual enroll), Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-1022.
Career Universe is an early version. Pay, training and AI-risk figures are estimates to start your own research, not verified facts. The research was written with AI research assistants, checked by validation scripts and spot-checked by hand. Check anything important with schools, employers and official sources. How the numbers work.