Fisheries Technicians perform duties related to the protection, preservation, propagation, and sampling of fish species and the preservation or enhancement of their habitat.  They use knowledge of procedural requirements and processes to support the technical work of their unit.  They provide practical technical support to research, operations, or program administration efforts. Conduct laboratory procedures to process fish hard structures such as vertebrae, fin rays, and otoliths for determining the age of fish. Laboratory tasks will include dissection of fish to remove hard structures, thin sectioning hard structures and preparing using other techniques for microscopic examination to determine age of fish based on standard age assignment criteria. Using of other laboratory equipment such as near infrared spectrometer to scan hard structures for spectral data. This position does not require supervisory or management duties. Position requires successful completion of a Bachelors degree in biology or environmental science.

During 2022, we are going to complete several significant stream restoration projects.  The Ecologist I position is assigned to our fish and wildlife habitat restoration team that focuses most of their time providing local communities with stream and wetland restoration technical assistance. Expect to spend up 50% of your time working in salmon stream environments and with occasional work on evenings and weekends. You can also expect that excellent job performance will lead to promotion opportunities.  The following provides more details about thi

The NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps) is one of the nation’s eight uniformed services. NOAA Corps officers are an integral part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and serve with the special trust and confidence of the President. The NOAA Corps today provides a cadre of professionals trained in engineering, earth sciences, oceanography, meteorology, fisheries science, and other related disciplines…. Corps officers operate NOAA’s ships, fly aircraft, manage research projects, conduct diving operations, and serve in staff positions throughout NOAA.

I am pleased to announce the advertisement of a full-time permanent Fishery Biologist/Natural Resource Management Specialist ZP-0401-02, in the West Coast Region, Protected Resources Division (PRD) Seattle Branch. This person would support a variety of regulatory and conservation actions for marine mammals and ESA-listed species. This WCR position can be located in, Seattle (Washington), Portland (Oregon), Long Beach (California), Sacramento (California), Santa Rosa (California), or Lacey (Washington).

This position is a part of our Projects Team, which has 4 full-time staff in the Seattle office and 3.5 staff at our field stations. The position will coordinate projects that focus on communication, outreach, and education, but will also support field work, meetings, report writing, research, and analysis related to other project areas.

Now in its 19th year, this research apprenticeship, uses university research vessels to examine the patterns, interactions, and linkages between components of this the open water marine ecosystem in the San Juan Islands. The aim is to better understand how oceanographic processes shape the spatial and temporal patterns of open water biological communities, including pelagic fishes.

Graduates, friends, family and other members of the UW community are warmly invited to the UW Marine Biology 2022 Graduation Celebration on Saturday, June 11, 2022. The ceremony is expected to last about an hour and will be followed by a reception with light refreshments. This will recognize UW undergraduates who have or will earn a Bachelor of Science with a Major in Marine Biology in autumn 2021, winter 2022, spring 2022 or summer 2022.

Do you enjoy hiking, being out in the woods, seeing rare wildlife, and spending time outside during our beautiful PNW summers? Well now is your chance to get course credit for it! Open to majors & non-majors who are interested in an engaging, hands-on, outdoor field trip-centric course where we will spend time sampling native wildlife, exploring mature forests, tromping through creeks, and learning some of the many ways we observe, analyze, manage, protect, and care for the natural world.

The Equity in STEM Coordinator will support Riverways’ efforts to make the sciences inclusive of all peoples and ways of knowing and to increase access to relevant, dynamic education for populations underrepresented in the science professions, as well as coordinate and recruit for STEM Alternative Spring Break. 

We are hiring an entry level Biologist in our Bellingham, WA office. As a Staff Biologist, you will be responsible for collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams working on public and private-sector projects across the Puget Sound region and throughout the greater Pacific Northwest. Typical project work involves fish passage, stream and river restoration, wetland identification and mitigation, transportation and utility improvements, and parks and trails development.