How to become an aquaculture and fisheries production manager
Official title: Aquaculture and fisheries production managers
Also called: Aquaculture production manager, Fishing operations manager, Shore captain (fishing), Trawler manager
Aquaculture and fisheries production managers plan, direct and coordinate production in large-scale aquaculture and fishery operations to catch and harvest fish and shellfish, and to grow fish, shellfish or other forms of aquatic life as cash crops or for release into freshwater or saltwater.
Main tasks
- Monitoring aquaculture and fishery market activity and planning production and fishing activities to meet contract requirements and market demand
- Establishing and managing budgets, monitoring production output and costs, recording information such as fisheries management practices, and preparing financial and operational reports
- Conferring with buyers to arrange for the sale of produce and catches
- Contracting with fishing skippers or owners of vessels and aquaculture farms for fishing and aquaculture operations, or for management of production
- Conducting and organizing aquaculture or fishery stock examinations in order to identify diseases or parasites
- Devising and coordinating activities to improve fish hatching and growth rates, and to prevent disease in hatcheries
- Monitoring environments to maintain or improve conditions for aquatic life
- Directing and monitoring trapping and spawning of fish, egg incubation and fry rearing, applying knowledge of management and fish culturing techniques
- Coordinating the selection and maintenance of brood stock
- Directing and monitoring the transfer of mature fish to lakes, ponds, streams or commercial tanks
Ways in
- University: Agriculture & Environment degrees, Offered by 1 universities in Hong Kong
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: HK$50,000 a month
- About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become an aquaculture and fisheries production manager?
Ways in include: Agriculture & Environment degrees.
Do you need a degree to become an aquaculture and fisheries production manager?
Usually. 67% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Will AI change the work of an aquaculture and fisheries production manager?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026