{"id":53305,"date":"2024-05-29T16:09:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T23:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=53305"},"modified":"2024-05-29T16:09:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T23:09:30","slug":"job-lead-fisheries-observer-scientific-technician-3-dept-of-fish-and-wildlife-olympia-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/job-lead-fisheries-observer-scientific-technician-3-dept-of-fish-and-wildlife-olympia-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Lead Fisheries Observer – Scientific Technician 3, Dept. of Fish and Wildlife (Olympia, WA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Lead Fisheries Observer – Scientific Technician 3 – Career Seasonal – *06309-24<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Salary<\/strong>: $3,883.00 – $5,214.00 Monthly<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Location<\/strong>: Thurston County \u2013 Olympia, WA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Job Type<\/strong>: Seasonal<\/div>\n
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Season Length:<\/strong> 8 Months May 1st through December 31st<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Job Number:\u00a0<\/strong>2024-06309<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Department<\/strong>: Dept. of Fish and Wildlife<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Opening Date<\/strong>: 05\/28\/2024<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Closing Date<\/strong>: 06\/11\/2024 11:59 PM Pacific<\/div>\n
Category:<\/strong> \u00a0Environmental Services \/ Parks and Beaches \/ Recreation \/ Parks and Recreation \/ Natural Resources \/ Research \/ Sciences \/ Green-Collar\/Environmental \/ Wildlife<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Description<\/h2>\n
FULL-TIME\/CAREER SEASONAL
LEAD FISHERIES OBSERVER
SCIENTIFIC TECHNICIAN 3 (ST3)<\/strong><\/div>\n

Fish Program \u2013 Puget Sound Fish Management
Olympia, Washington \u2013 Thurston County<\/strong><\/div>\n

Season Length: 8 Months
May 1st through December 31st<\/em><\/div>\n
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You have a passion for promoting sustainable practices and are eager to collaborate with the Puget Sound Commercial Salmon Monitoring Program and the Salmon Management Unit.<\/strong><\/div>\n

\u00a0As our Lead Fisheries Observer, you will collect landing data on targeted catch and by-catch composition, fishing effort, and other critical data needed for fisheries management.<\/strong><\/div>\n

Work closely with the Commercial Monitoring Biologist to train employees, onboard observer crews, and implement updated protocols.<\/strong>

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Puget Sound seiner fishing chum salmon \u2013 Photo Credit: WDFW<\/em><\/div>\n

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Picture yourself,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>aboard a commercial fishing vessel, overseeing biological data collection and helping develop new sampling protocols.<\/div>\n

This is an opportunity,<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>to support in-season management for South Sound chum salmon stocks, as part of the Commercial Salmon Proviso.<\/div>\n

We are seeking a candidate,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>who models WDFW values: Accountability, Service, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect, and Empathy (ASPIRE).\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Salmon anglers in Marine Area 5<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Photo Credit: WDFW<\/em><\/p>\n

Here are some things you will be doing as our Lead Fisheries Observer:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Assist with Developing, Planning, and Implementing In-season Data collection, and commercial observer training support:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n