Think about it this way: if you went to an interview and they said, “We really can only hire you if you get a degree from the University of Underwater Basket Weaving,” but you already have a degree from Harvard, wouldn’t you think twice? (unquote)
If the job was weaving baskets underwater, I'd think the interviewer wise.
Freshwater or saltwater? These are entirely different sub-disciplines. Inland northern freshwater? Southern swampland fresh water? Not to mention brackish! Please refrain from exclusionism. I happen to be an LBJTQTREHHDDSAD/two spirited andyrogyne, and I take offense at your indistinction between Freshwater (under) Bascketweaving and Saltwater (under) Basketweaving.! Seven Hail Mary's and a bit of lash and you may save your mortal soul, barely.