[FIXED] [IL] Conservationist: Mermaids can't Survey ocean wildlife

Okay I have an actual answer to this question now, there actually IS a way to survey the ocean floor as a mermaid, but you have to do it from a specific type of buoy. There are two different types; one lets you snorkel (green), and one lets you deep dive and purchase diving equipment (red).

If you want to have your mermaid finish the task, go to the "Lani St. Taz" area of the map (the top righthand corner of the world map) and find this white and red buoy (there might be some other ones in the volcano area, but this is the only one I've found for now).

Click on the red buoy with your mermaid sim selected and hit the "Survey Ocean Floor" button. This will let you survey the floor and complete the "Survey Ocean Wildlife" task.

Noticed the same in my game - so strange. One should think a marine biologist would be a natural fit! And who if not a mermaid should be able to survey ocean wildlife? :D To me, it seems like an oversight on the gameplay part.

Not a major issue of course... you can still wait for another day and another task to complete in order to get to the promotion. But it is annoying and doesn't make much sense to have this restriction.

Also tried the discussed options in the thread. Nothing worked.

You can advance the career without performing the function. Daily tasks are not required but they do boost your performance. 

Editted to add a quote to the post I was responding to. Also "me too" on not being able to survey ocean.

---

@QTDrealiss wrote:

Hi, I am currently playing the new expansion pack Island Living, and have just reached the marine biologist branch career, but I am unable to survey ocean wildlife because mermaids can't snorkel, how am I supposed to advance this career properly without that option? 

---