Hatchery Technician

Job Description

Title: Hatchery Technician

Company Name: LST Aqua (BD) Ltd.

Vacancy: 05

Age: Na

Job Location: Khulna

Salary: Tk. 180000 - 190000 (Monthly)

Experience: --

Published: 2026-10-06

Application Deadline: 2026-10-22

Education:

Requirements: --

Skills Required:

Additional Requirements:

Responsibilities & Context:

Key Responsibilities

• Broodstock Management: Handle conditioning, spawning protocols, and select healthy adult shrimp for desirable traits like growth rate and disease resistance.

• Larval Rearing: Oversee the development of shrimp from nauplii (early larvae) through post-larvae stages.

• Live Feed Production: Cultivate and maintain microalgae systems (such as Thalassiosira or Chaetoceros) and manage Artemia (brine shrimp) hatching and enrichment protocols.

• Water Quality Monitoring: Test and regulate key parameters like salinity, pH, temperature, and dissolved oxygen to maintain optimal tank conditions.

• Biosecurity & Health: Implement strict hygiene protocols, sterilize equipment, and observe larvae for signs of stress or disease.

  Data & Maintenance: Record daily production metrics, feed amounts, and mortality rates while performing routine facility maintenance.

• Monitor and test water quality parameters like temperature, oxygen, and pH levels.

• Feed stock and maintain specific nutrition routines for larvae, fry, or chicks.

• Clean and maintain tanks, incubators, raceways, and facility equipment.

• Assist with collecting, sorting, and fertilizing eggs.

• Conduct health checks to identify, segregate, or treat diseases early.

• Record batch data, growth rates, and inventory numbers.

• Transport and release mature stock into natural waters or load them for distribution.