Successfully completed at least four years of education above high school (120 semester hour or 180 quarter hours) leading to a bachelor''s degree with a major study in a related field of scientific or technical study, such as in biology, chemistry, statistics, entomology, animal husbandry, botany, physics, agriculture, mathematics, or other directly related subject matter; or at least 24 semester hours in any combination of courses such as those shown above. Examples of specialized experience include: Independently conducting fisheries, hatchery or aquatic resource field or laboratory assignments using established methods and protocols; conducting fish population, aquatic species, or habitat surveys and monitoring; collecting, recording, and organizing biological and environmental data; operating and maintaining fisheries sampling and monitoring equipment; and.