Seasonal Salmon Hatchery Technician: Field & Lab Work

NWIFC; Port Madison Indian Reservation (WA); Vor Ort; USD 25.000 - 39.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Suquamish Tribe is seeking a Seasonal Fisheries Technician to support the tribal hatchery during peak salmon runs. You will identify and sort adult salmon, assist with spawning and measuring, and perform routine hatchery tasks to help ensure healthy stocks.

In the field, you will collect coded wire tags and scales, conduct spawner enumeration, liaise with fishermen, and assist with catch monitoring and species identification as needed. Occasional DNA collection may be required.

Aufgaben

• Identify and sort individual adult salmon.
• Assist with spawning and measuring salmon.
• Assist with snout dissections and reading coded wire tags.
• Identify and remove weak or dead eggs.
• Feed, clean, and perform general hatchery maintenance.
• Answer public inquiries about the hatchery and salmon.
• Collect coded wire tags and scale samples from hatchery and treaty fisheries.
• Conduct salmon spawner counts and communicate with fishermen.
• Assist in commercial catch monitoring and species identification as required.
• Occasional DNA collection from chum salmon during commercial fisheries.

Jobbeschreibung

The Suquamish Tribe is seeking a Seasonal Fisheries Technician to support the tribal hatchery during peak salmon runs. You will identify and sort adult salmon, assist with spawning and measuring, and perform routine hatchery tasks to help ensure healthy stocks.

In the field, you will collect coded wire tags and scales, conduct spawner enumeration, liaise with fishermen, and assist with catch monitoring and species identification as needed. Occasional DNA collection may be required.