I took a boat tour and one of the people there was the assigned "marine biologist" to inform everyone about the reef. He knew pretty much everything we know but I wasn't sure how much more he knew considering he has a degree. I would imagine not very much considering he works for boat tours lol
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It's hard to find decent pay as a marine biologist.
Most of the Jobs are dependent on availability of government grants.
I (bio major) took a few marine biology classes in college. They do a lot ALOT of statistical analysis. They spend a crap ton of time in the labs. Also they have to learn the phylogeny tree of every marine species. I'm very sure they learn a lot more, I just don't know what lol.
I took an invert zoology class one semester and I had to memorize every frkn body part of every invert family in the ocean. The labs were frkn ridiculously hard. I had to take 100s of pictures of a frkn sea urchin, starfish, sponge, etc etc. I dissected and remembered all of their body parts for a time lab exam. Ugh. Great class but so much information to learn.
Regardless of how much work they do, the job market is pretty tough for marine biologist.