Also called: RAS Engineer, Recirculating Aquaculture Engineer
Designs high-tech indoor fish farms that recycle water, so salmon and shrimp can be raised far from the ocean.
You design tanks, pumps, filters, and oxygen systems for a land-based salmon farm in Florida or Maine. You run water-flow calculations, troubleshoot a failing biofilter, and work with biologists to keep millions of fish healthy.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in agricultural, civil, or mechanical engineering; aquaculture specialization helps.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Agricultural Engineering, Biological Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.
Growing faster than average. Land-based aquaculture is growing but has had high-profile startup failures.
Low risk for 10 years. AI controls tune water systems; designing and building recirculating fish farms is growing, hands-on engineering.
Classes: AP Physics, Chemistry, AP Calculus.
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