Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Commercial Fisheries Division

Chinook & Sockeye Salmon Research Program

Position:

Short Term Nonpermanent Fish and Wildlife Technician II

Pay:

18.59/hour; 52.5-70 hours a week; overtime eligible, at a rate of x1.5 after 37.5 hours within workweek

Field Season Dates:

May 1 – August 15 (flexible start and end dates)

Job Description:

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is hiring for a short term nonpermanent Fish and Wildlife Technician II to work on the Alsek River Chinook and sockeye salmon stock assessment project. The Alsek River is a large, glacial, transboundary river that originates in Canada and empties into the Gulf of Alaska at Dry Bay, within Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The Alsek River is one of three transboundary rivers that is jointly managed by the United States and Canada through the Pacific Salmon Treaty. The landscape around Dry Bay and the Alsek River is dynamic and rapidly changing due to isostatic rebound from receding glaciers and is an environment that is truly unique to anywhere else in Southeast Alaska.

This position will be involved with capturing adult Chinook and sockeye salmon using set gillnets and applying spaghetti and radio telemetry tags, and collecting genetic samples, as part of a mark/recapture and watershed distribution study. Employees will travel via small aircraft to Dry Bay at the beginning and end of the field season, and use ATVs and jet outboard skiffs to navigate the Alsek River for commuting to setnet fishing locations each day for work. This position will serve as a member of a four-person crew that will live and work close together for the duration of the field season.

Employees will be based in a field camp at Dry Bay from approximately May 15 through August 15, 2023, and all food, equipment and supplies are provided throughout the three-month season via weekly/biweekly plane drops to this remote wilderness. All field gear such as waders/wading boots, rain jacket/pants/boots, and safety equipment such as personal flotation devices will be provided. The incumbent will be responsible for travel to either Juneau or Yakutat, and from either location will be provided transport to Dry Bay. Additionally, the incumbent will be provided firearms training, wildlife safety training, and first aid training if not already certified.

Experience with operating boats, maintaining outboard motors and field equipment is preferred.

To apply or obtain further information, please contact:

Evan Fritz
Fishery Biologist II
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Division of Commercial Fisheries
Douglas, AK
evan.fritz@alaska.gov
(907) 465-6646