Hatchery Data Steward - Fish & Wildlife Biologist 3 - Permanent - 2026-06870

Hatchery Data Steward

In this senior-level biologist position, you will plan and develop resource management assessments and provide results that have direct impact on key program decisions.

As part of the Hatchery Data Section team, your work will contribute to the mission of enumerating and replicating the most accurate and complete set of information, and to disseminate and share inclusively and easily.

Collaborate with colleagues within the agency and coordinate with external entities and organizations while preparing, assessing, and interpreting hatchery fish resource information.

Among the varied range of responsibilities held within this role, the Hatchery Data Steward will:

• Function as the agency's technical coordinator for the Equilibrium Brood/Future Brood program under the US v. Washington and US v. Oregon federal court agreements for state-wide hatchery production.
• Coordinate for co-managers, including 24 tribes and multiple federal agencies, in the development of the Future Brood Document/Equilibrium Brood Document (FBD) under the Puget Sound Management Agreement.
• Prepare, assess, and interpret the resource management planning document that guides production across all state, tribal, and federal facilities.
• Manage, compile, and distribute this document to fulfill agency compliance with co-managers under the Puget Sound Management Plan (PSMP), which has a direct impact on key hatchery program decisions and operations.
• Facilitate discussions as needed to ensure compliance with Hatchery Genetic Management Plans, Fish Disease Control Policy, and legal mandates and requirements under the PSMP.
• Conduct annual Regional Review Meetings with internal and external staff.
• Perform accounting and hatchery operational activities such as carcass data entry, carcass reports, invoice billing, and other reports in support of RFEG.
• Collect, review, and compile hatchery data to ensure accurate, thorough, efficient, and meaningful capture of hatchery information for managers and outside entities to make decisions regarding fisheries.
• Oversee Hatchery Ticket (Form
  3) data entry including reviewing for accuracy, comparing to Fish Books, and ensuring safe and secure storage of information.
• Conduct advanced evaluation and analysis of hatchery adult data; analyze information for completeness and accuracy and formulate conclusions.
• Reconcile hatchery coded wire tag (CWT) data with the tag lab.
• Participate and provide expertise in RFEG process and meetings as needed; provide analytical expertise, information, and assistance in developing contracts for surplus carcass and eggs.
• Coordinate and lead state-wide training sessions to staff including managers, biologists, and hatchery workers.
• Provide technical support for database users including corrections, missing options, and system errors.
• Assess and interpret hatchery data to produce professional reports that are an accurate reflection of hatchery information and meet the requirements of the agency.
• Provide information summaries to managers, scientists, government officials, and fishery entities for use in making fisheries management, production, and fiscal decisions.

Working Conditions:

Work Setting, including hazards:
Work is primarily performed in an office environment. Occasional fieldwork may be performed in all weather conditions and may require performing strenuous physical activities, such as repetitively handling fish and lifting fish feed (weighing at least 50 pounds). This position may involve working in or near water, including tasks that require navigating, negotiating, and performing duties related to water environments.

Schedule:

Typically, Monday – Friday, averaging 40 hours per week. The standard work schedule includes the potential for occasional evening or weekend work as needed. Alternative schedules may be considered based on business needs

Travel Requirements:
Occasionally travel to agency locations for meetings and other business needs.

Tools and Equipment:
Hatchery tools may include spawning knives, Zephyr gun, measuring boards, dip nets, seine nets, and buckets.

Customer Interactions:
Regularly interact with hatchery personnel throughout the state to provide technical assistance, answer questions, and assist with various tasks.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

Option 1, all of the following:

• A Bachelor's degree in fisheries, wildlife management, environmental science, natural resources science, or a related field.
• Three (3) years of professional experience in fish management or research, wildlife management or research, or habitat management or research.
• Valid Driver's License.

Option 2, all of the following:

• Two (2) years as a Fish & Wildlife Biologist 2.
• Valid Driver's License.

For either option listed above, experience with all of the following is required:

• Fisheries, hatchery operations, aquatic biology, or related biological program support.
• Fish biology, hatchery production systems, and fisheries management principles.
• Applying biological sampling methods, data…