A professional who manages public or private fish hatchery, applying knowledge of management and fish culturing techniques. Responsibilities include:

• Determines, administers, and executes policies relating to administration, standards of hatchery operations, and maintenance of facilities.
• Confers with biologists and other fishery personnel to obtain data concerning fish habits; food and environmental requirements; and techniques for collecting, fertilizing, incubating spawn, and treatment of spawn and fry.
• Oversees trapping and spawning of fish; incubating of eggs; rearing of fry; and movement of fish to lakes, ponds, and streams or commercial tanks.
• Prepares reports required by state and federal laws.
• Prepares budget reports, and receives, accounts for, and dispenses funds.
• May approve employment and discharge of employees, sign payrolls, and perform similar personnel duties.
• May manage hatchery concerned with culturing shellfish and other marine life and be designated Manager, Marine Life Hatchery; Manager, Shellfish Hatchery.