Career Options after B.Sc. Fisheries Course

Will you please provide the information regarding the Career Options after B.Sc. Fisheries Course?

[Quick Sam]

After the completion of B.Sc. Fisheries Course applicants can get following job options .

Job Types
Farm Manager.
Fisheries Inspector.
Processing and Production Manager.
Fish Export Inspector.
Export Manager.
R&D Professional.
Aquaculture Entrepreneur.
Consultant.
Hatchery Manager.
Aqua Culturist.
Fish Exporters.
Fish Traders.
Fish Breeders.
Fishermen.
Marine Biologist / Marine Scientist.
Hatchery/ Farm Operator.
Fisheries Extension Officer / Technical Officer.
Feed Mill Manager.
Assistant Fisheries Development Officer.
Fisheries Extension Officer.
District Fisheries Development Officer.

Employment Areas
Fisheries Colleges.
Nationalised Banks.
International Organisations like FAO,NACA.
Aquariums.
Fish Farms.
Feed Manufacturing Units.
Feed Sales Department.
Ornamental Fish Culture and Breeding Centres.
Research Institutes.
Fish Farmers Development Agencies.
Krishi Vigyan Kendras.
Hatchery and Seed Production Companies.
Commercial Pearl Production Industry.
Fish Processing and Marketing Firms.
Net Making Units.
Fish Disease Diagnostic Centre.
Consultancies.

Please provide me the career options which are available after B. F. Sc course in Fisheries as I am pursuing the course?

[pawan]

Fisheries, is a term connected with the capture of fisheries including inland and sea, aquaculture, gears, navigation, oceanography, aquarium management, breeding, processing, export and import of seafood, special products and by-products , research and related actions.

Objective of Fisheries Education:

1. To make accessible the much needed technically competent extension personnel for transfer of technology.

2. To make accessible personnel to assist the research and development & instructors to teach.

3. To make accessible administrators to plan, develop & execute fisheries development plan.

The various career options available after B. F. Sc course in Fisheries are given below:


4. To generate aquaculturist, farm managers, exporters, traders, breeders and modern fishermen etc.

After conclusion of B. F. Sc candidates can become M. F. Sc (Master of Fisheries Science). For taking entrance in Central Institutes, one has to appear for all India level common Entrance Test conducted by ICAR, New Delhi.

Job Opportunities for Fisheries Graduates:

1. State Government: Every state government has a fisheries section in which fisheries graduate can apply for the post of Assistant Fisheries Development Officer (AFDO)/ Fisheries Extension Officer (FEO) and District Fisheries Development Officer.

2. Central Government: Aspirants can get job in central agencies like Maine Product Export Development Authority (MPEDA), Fisheries Survey of India (FSI), NIO, WHO, FAO, NACA, NABARD, EIA.

3. Academic Institutes: Aspirants having degree (B. F. Sc) can apply for the post of Research Assistant, Biochemist, Biologist, Technicians etc. Aspirants having Postgraduate (M. F. Sc) can apply for the post of Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Fisheries. For the employment as scientists in various agricultural and fisheries Institutions under the ICAR, ASRB conducts an All India Competitive Exam, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) followed by viva voce.

4. National Banks: Fisheries graduates can avail jobs as a field officer, managers in agriculture loan section in nationalized as well as private banks.

5. Self Employment: As an entrepreneur, the main area in which fisheries enterprise can be urbanized are: Feed manufacturing, feed sales, ornamental fish culture and breeding, aquaculture, hatchery and seed production, commercial pearl production, fish processing and marketing, net making, fish disease diagnostic centre, consultancy services and business of agriclinics.

6. Private Sector: Aspirants can work as a manager or officers in seafood processing and export units, aqua feed plants, fishing gear industries and in pharmaceutical companies. There is great scarcity of skilled manpower in the area of designing, construction, management of fish farms and hatcheries.