Fishery Biologist ; Sitka Area Management Biologist

Job Description

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish is recruiting

for a Fishery Biologist 3 located in Sitka, Alaska!

What you will be doing:

This position performs as the Sitka Area Management Biologist for the Division of Sport Fish. This position supervises management of all sport fisheries within the management area.

Duties include:

Monitoring the fisheries in season and issuing emergency orders to achieve sport fishing management objectives;
Assisting the public at the Sitka area office, coordinating with various user groups, fishery managers and research biologists to develop fishery management plans, regulatory proposals and make recommendations to the Alaska Board of Fisheries;
Planning and supervising fisheries research projects;
Reviewing and commenting on a variety of land use activities in order to ensure sustainable fisheries.

Our mission, values, and culture:

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s mission is to manage, protect, maintain, and improve the fish, game and aquatic plant resources of Alaska. This position directly contributes to sustainable fisheries management through hands-on research, regulatory oversight, and public engagement within the Sitka management area.

The benefits of joining our team:

As an area management biologist, this position operates with a high degree of autonomy and can directly shape fisheries management within the management area. The duties involve working both outdoors and indoors and is well suited to an individual who appreciates being out in the field but has the expertise to apply their knowledge towards sustainable fisheries management. This position is supported by an excellent team of professionals in the Southeast Alaska region including research and biometric staff, an enhancement and access coordinator, and administrative support.

The working environment you can expect:

This position is located in Sitka, Alaska. The daily duties will vary with most work being completed in the office, but with substantial time working in the field. This position may be required to travel to Board of Fisheries meetings and remote field camps for up to two weeks at a time.

• Knowledge and experience with salmon, groundfish, and resident species management strategies for recreational fisheries;
• Ability to communicate, orally and in writing, complex technical and regulatory information in a logical and effective manner to a wide variety of audiences;
• Knowledge and experience with the Alaska Board of Fisheries process including area Fish and Game Advisory Committees, and regulation development;
• Experience conducting fisheries research and presenting findings through technical and management reports;
• The ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with department staff, local organizations, federal and state agencies and the general public.

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college in biology, a branch of biology, limnology, biometrics, oceanography, forestry, fisheries science, or natural resource management;

AND

One year of full performance professional experience as a biologist or fish culturist. The required professional biologist work experience is met by service as a Fishery Biologist 2, Fish Culturist 2, Wildlife Biologist 2, Habitat Biologist 2, or Fisheries Geneticist 1 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent with another employer.

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college that includes or is supplemented by the following credit hours will substitute for the degree in a specific field:

• at least 24 semester hours (36 quarter hours) in…