Puget Sound Recreational Fishery Manager - Fish & Wildlife Biologist

Working Title- Puget Sound Recreational Fishery Manager

Classification- Fish & Wildlife Biologist 4

Job Status- Full-Time/Permanent

WDFW Program- Fish Program – Puget Sound Management

Duty Station-
* Olympia, Washington – Thurston County

* While this position may offer a telework option, the successful candidate must be available to report to the duty station as needed.

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Photo Caption – Salmon anglers – Photo Credit:
Chase Gunnell

Are you an experienced biologist specializing in fisheries management?

In this dynamic role,you will review and interpret Catch Record Card (CRC) data and estimates for biological accuracy, feasibility, validity, and value.

With your experience,you will lead the development of recreational salmon fishery regulations, including producing emergency rules in-season.

We are seeking a candidate
to represent the State of Washington and recreational community in fishery management forums.

Among the varied range of responsibilities held within this role, this position will:

In coordination with the Puget Sound Salmon Manager, and Policy Staff manage the Puget Sound Recreational salmon fishery to meet harvest objectives and conservation goals by appropriate regulatory rules (WACs).

• Formulate pre-season and plan or modify in-season recreational fishery management recommendations designed to achieve harvest of all-citizen allocation share consistent with resource conservation needs, biological principles, and agency policies. Produce emergency rules in-season, which are necessary to implement the intent of approved annual management plans.
• Lead the permanent rules process after the NOF process for recreational salmon fisheries, taking public comments through a variety of correspondence methods including public hearings, for Puget Sound recreational fisheries and other regional fisheries.
• Contribute to drafting and editing the Concise Explanatory Statement (CES) for each fishery year.
• Lead the development and production of the annual Washington Sport Fishing Rules Pamphlet each year, coordinating with a large team of fisheries management staff to meet tight deadlines for editing, review, and production of the pamphlet statewide.

Serve as an integral, lead team member for the State of Washington in the annual salmon management planning process called “North of Falcon” (NOF), including interpreting agency policy for development of goals and objectives for Puget Sound recreational fisheries, negotiating and consensus-building among multi-jurisdictional (17 Puget Sound Treaty Tribes) colleagues to achieve harvest management plans, conservation plans, and technical review of resource impact assessments.

• Produce analytically derived model inputs for use in the pre-season salmon fisheries planning model, the Fisheries Regulations Assessment Model (FRAM).
• Provide estimates of recreational fishery catch for Puget Sound and freshwater fisheries for use in run reconstruction, pre-season modeling, and fishery management plans.
• Work cooperatively with constituents in developing harvest plans, communicating annual fishing plans, and interpreting regulation models and expected fishery impacts.
• Lead the Puget Sound Recreational Fishing Advisors group to coordinate input from the public, through advisors, regarding priorities and recommendations for salmon fisheries management in Puget Sound, including intensive work with advisors during the NOF pre-season planning process.
• Lead internal and public meetings regarding Puget Sound Recreational fisheries.

Review, update, and maintain the Puget Sound marine and freshwater recreational salmon catch database to evaluate trends in the recreational fishery.

• Produce reports, tables, graphs and interprets CRC data in response to requests by other managers, co-managers, other agencies, user groups, and interested members of the public.
• Provide analyses of the data conclusions developed from the database for the justification of recreational salmon fisheries.

On-going Fishery Management, Outreach and Coordination.

• Promotes understanding of recreational fishing issues and rules through frequent interaction with the…