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CAMPAIGN FOR
THE
PERRY
CENTER
FOR
Fisheries
& AquAculture
sciences
the Program
BtC Fisheries & aquaculture sciences program, the only
program in washington, oregon, idaho, and California,
educates workers qualified to move immediately into
living-wage jobs in hatcheries and other northwest fish &
aquaculture agencies & businesses.
with an 86% job placement rate, the employment outlook for
jobs in this field is expected to grow by 12% with graduate
starting annual wages of $37,913 with good benefit packages.
students in the program:
Study Fish Culture, Habitat Restoration, Biological studies,
aquaculture – shellfish & Finfish.
Operate both the whatcom Creek and whatcom Falls
Hatcheries and have restored a once-dead salmon run to
whatcom Creek.
Gather & process over 25 million eggs which are placed in
regional & state hatcheries as well as streams through the
northwest.
Work with regional salmon enhancement groups (nooksack,
skagit & stillaguamish) to restore habitat.
Bellingham Technical College
Support shellfish culture operations in north Puget sound.
Earn an associate in applied sciences Degree that provides
a pathway directly to work or transfers to wwU’s
Huxley College or northwest indian College towards a
baccalaureate degree.