{"id":47025,"date":"2022-09-01T12:24:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T19:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=47025"},"modified":"2022-09-01T12:24:49","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T19:24:49","slug":"job-sport-fishery-stream-survey-technician-dept-of-fish-and-wildlife-pasco-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/job-sport-fishery-stream-survey-technician-dept-of-fish-and-wildlife-pasco-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Sport Fishery &amp; Stream Survey Technician, Dept. of Fish and Wildlife (Pasco, WA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><!--more--><b><strong>For more information, please follow this link:<\/strong><\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governmentjobs.com\/careers\/washington\/jobs\/3694429\/sport-fishery-stream-survey-technicians-scientific-technician-2-three-non-p?keywords=12313&amp;pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs\">https:\/\/www.governmentjobs.com\/careers\/washington\/jobs\/3694429\/sport-fishery-stream-survey-technicians-scientific-technician-2-three-non-p?keywords=12313&amp;pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Salary<\/strong>&#8211; $2,957.00 &#8211; $3,821.00 Monthly<\/p>\n<p><strong>Field Data Collection &#8211; Sport Fishery Surveys:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Collect detailed information from anglers participating in salmon\/steelhead sport fisheries during on-site interviews at area boat launches and shoreline fishing access areas.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Determine efforts through boat trailer index counts and interviews.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Identify harvest to species and collect biological information from the harvest including number, length, gender, fin clips, coded wire tags, and collect scales for aging.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Field Data Collection &#8211; Stream Surveys:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Collect post spawn salmon carcasses in-river by boat and along shorelines within the WDFW District 4 waters of the Columbia and Yakima Rivers.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Perform sampling protocols that follow sport fishery methods with the addition of otolith collection (aging and origin) and spawn success (egg retention).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Females will be dissected to determine spawn success &#8211; all carcasses will be cut in half post sampling to avoid duplicate sampling.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Responsible for ensuring all biological samples are collected following field sampling protocols defined by their supervisor(s).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Scan all Salmon for the presence of coded wire tags.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Fish with a code wire tag present will be sampled following standard protocols and the snout will be removed and transported to the WDFW District office for processing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WORKING CONDITIONS:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Work Setting, including hazards:<\/strong>\u00a0\n<ol>\n<li>Work is primarily conducted in the field, outdoors, during all-weather conditions, it includes hiking over rough\/slippery terrain, potential encounters with dangerous wildlife including rattlesnakes, working in primitive locations, and working with chemicals for biological sampling (ethanol) and vehicle operations (gasoline &amp; oil).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Field work requires traveling to multiple public access sites\/remote locations and includes working on-river in the Hanford Reach area of the Columbia River and the lower 30 miles of the Yakima River.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Schedule:<\/strong>\u00a0\n<ol>\n<li>Fulltime and may occasionally require work over 40 hours per week.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Scheduled days and hours of work will vary and will require work on all weekends.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Travel Requirements:<\/strong>\u00a0\n<ol>\n<li>Routine travel to public and primitive access sites along the Columbia River and lower Yakima River.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>State vehicle will be provided &#8211; 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