Fisheries Field Technician: Gill Nets & Data Collection

Department of Environmental Quality

North Carolina

On-site

USD 32,000 - 44,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

The Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Marine Fisheries in North Carolina seeks an Environmental Technician I (S) to support the Independent Gill Net Survey (IGNS) program. You'll collect data and fish samples, identify species, and assist with tagging and processing biological information in a marine environment.

Responsibilities include field sampling, data entry, and operating boats and gear.

Qualifications

Associate's degree in agricultural, biological, engineering, environmental or natural resource sciences, or an equivalent combination.
Must be able to swim and lift at least 50 pounds; a valid driver's license is required.
Some state postings allow qualification by an equivalent combination of education and experience; see the guide.

Responsibilities

Collect fish using gill nets in estuarine waters in and around the Albemarle Sound.
Obtain biological data including length, weight, diet samples, ageing structures, and the reproductive condition of crustaceans and finfish.
Process, record, compile, and verify biological data, as well as perform data quality control.
Operate and maintain outboard motors, boats, trailers, trucks, net reels, and other sampling equipment, lifting heavy cartons of fish and gear.
Use other sampling gears (trawls, pots, trammel nets, seines, electro-fisher, etc.) or collect additional biological data from fish and invertebrates.
Collection of fisheries dependent data through sampling of commercial catches at local fish houses.