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Specialties inside the job

• Marine and boating enforcement

  Coastal and big-lake states run dedicated patrol vessels and commercial fishery inspections.

• K9 handler

  Dogs trained to find wounded game, hidden fish, shell casings and lost people.

• Investigator

  Working long undercover cases against commercial poaching rings instead of writing citations.

• Pilot or drone operator

  Spotting from the air. Some agencies train their own officers to fly.

• Federal special agent

  The US Fish and Wildlife Service investigates wildlife trafficking nationally and internationally.