Also called: Natural Resource Economist
Studies the money side of fishing: how rules, quotas, and markets affect fishermen and coastal towns.
Fisheries economists survey fishermen, analyze seafood markets, and estimate how a new rule would change jobs and incomes.
Based on BLS economists data.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Doctorate (PhD), about 9 years after high school. Master's or PhD in economics or resource economics.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Economics, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Fisheries Science.
Growing faster than average (about 5% over 10 years).
Medium risk for 10 years. AI automates data crunching and draft reports; surveying fishermen and judging policy trade-offs stay human.
Classes: AP Microeconomics, AP Statistics, AP Biology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3011.
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