Assistant Hatchery Manager

• Assistant Hatchery Manager functions as part of the hatchery operations team in the cultivating and rearing of fish
• Under general direction, serves as full assistant to the Hatchery Manager in the operation of a fish hatchery requiring management level decisions making capability on a 24-hour basis
• Fish Propagation: Enumerating, caring, killing, spawning, and disposing of carcasses
• preparing, cleaning, and maintaining incubators
• monitoring and maintaining water quality
• loading, enumerating, picking, and caring for egg/alevin
• rearing, enumerating, and setting up outmigration of fry
• perform other general duties associated with fish culture operations
• Fish Harvest: Preparing, repairing, and maintaining harvest equipment
• loading, transporting, caring for, and unloading harvest pens
• collecting and recording fish harvest management data
• Prepares feeding and rearing schedules based on calculated growth rates
• prepares feed
• supervises and/or performs necessary feeding activities
• Supervises and participates in egg-taking, egg care, otolith marking, and outmigration operations that meet prescribed performance standards
• Examines fish for diseases or nutritional disorders and coordinates results with fish pathologists
• Maintains and measures water supplies to provide desired quality, quantity, and temperature to incubation and rearing units
• takes water samples
• and measures dissolved gas content. May clean water and bacterial filters, ponds, troughs, tanks, incubators, screens, and work areas
• Maintains and evaluates records of fish mortality, growth, and adult sexual maturity
• keeps records on the number of fish on hand, shipped, or planted
• prepares work schedules and routine reports of hatchery activities
• Assumes direct supervision of the facility for specific periods of time
• Analyzes data, facts, and information, and draws logical conclusions. Performs data entry or analysis using computers and software
• Assists and advises higher-level operations staff in various biological studies such as rearing, ecology observations, lake surveys, and marked fish recovery
• Assists visitors by providing information about hatchery operations
• Directs and supervises work schedules and activities of lower-level technicians and culturists, instructing personnel in the performance of duties
• Directs hand feeding, otolith marking, production schedules, and disease identification activities according to established standards
• Operates and adjusts hatchery apparatus such as automatic fish feeders, pressurized water filters, ultraviolet and ozone water depuration units, electronic measuring devices, and electronic egg and fish counters
• Assists the manager in the preparation of the annual operation plans and budgets
• Assists the manager in the area of supply procurement and quarterly ordering as it applies to project budgets
• Recommends procedures, techniques, and new equipment to improve work efficiencies or adaptation to new techniques
• Effectively interacts with the public and directs inquiries to appropriate departments or persons
• Performs related duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college with a major in fisheries science or a closely related field
• Four years of progressively responsible work experience in aquaculture or mariculture in combination with post-secondary education in fisheries science coursework or closely related fields
• One year experience as a fish culturist
• Current, valid driver’s license
• Knowledge of fish hatchery operations and procedures
• principles and practices of aquaculture including new technology, methodology and analysis
• fish life in Alaska including the kinds, distribution and importance of various species, their habitats and requirements
• procedures and practices followed in the identification of fish diseases, dietary disorders, and parasitic infections of eggs, fry, fingerlings, smolt, and other problem associated with fish culture
• methods of preparing fisheries development and improvement projects
• principles of planning, organizing and conducting logistics for surveys and research
• Ability to analyze data, facts and information and draw logical conclusions
• conduct fry/smolt research
• use field and lab equipment, tagging and sampling gear, computer and computer software
• perform technical hatchery studies and prepare reports and articles
• maintain records, prepare routine and special reports, conduct correspondence related to the work
• analyze lower level employees, communicate with others both verbally and in writing
• maintain favorable public relations
• and work an extended and irregular work schedule
• Must be able to move about freely
• work outdoors in all weather conditions
• ability to lift and carry 50 pounds
• ability to climb stairs and ladders
• ability to climb aboard and about vessels and small aircraft
• work around water – on docks and floats
• use telephones and computers unimpaired
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language
• Must be able to hear and see to receive verbal and written instructions

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