What are the responsibilities and job description for the Farm Worker Aquaculture position at Delta Hybrid Farms Inc.?
Seine stock ponds to harvest stocker catfish and transfers to grow-out ponds.
Feed fish. Feed nursery ponds, feed the fingerlings and brood stock fish;
Monitor and correct oxygen levels in water (days and some nights), observe fish behavior and physical condition.
Harvest fish from ponds and load on trucks, (wade in the pond to position net using a foot to keep the mud line of the net on bottom,)
Check brood ponds, collect brood fish ready to spawn and transport to hatchery. Strip eggs from brood fish, fertilize eggs, and place eggs in hatching troughs.
Monitor hatchery, clean hatching troughs by hand, feed fry, clean and disinfect hatching jars. Transfer fry to nursery ponds.
After spawning consolidate brood fish to holding ponds.
Monitor water temperature and oxygen levels in the holding and fingerling ponds.
Perform typical farm and pond maintenance: levee repair and maintenance; pull weeds, mow grass, clean and store equipment, etc. uses seines, dip nets, waders, gloves uses oxygen meter and/or chemical test kit.
Operate farm equipment-tractor, etc.
Salary : $14