Fish Biologist.

About the role

This position involves a multi-grade career ladder. The major duties listed represent the full performance level of GS-11. At lower grade levels, you will perform assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence. You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-11. Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher level work, and availability of funds.

Responsibilities

• Affords assistance with the development and review of comprehensive hatchery and fishery management plans and coordinates with other fishery programs that effect biological resources including, but not limited to: fish culture, hatchery quality control, fishery management assistance, sampling for exotic species, assessing fish populations, and recommending habitat restoration/management.
• Maintains monitoring of the application of techniques for hatchery evaluations and ecological interactions between hatchery and wild fish, including stream ecology studies involving population distribution, abundance, survival, age/length composition, behavior, competition and habitat assessments.
• Conducts reviews and analyses of biological implications of environmental assessments or comprehensive resource planning reports to evaluate environmental consequences of proposed actions on Federal projects.
• Collaborates in consolidating information and drafting and/or editing contract reports, annual reports, and scientific documents (to be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals) produced as a result of the fishery activity.
• Evaluates scientific proposals and reports to assess hypotheses, study objectives, research design, appropriateness of methods, probability of success, and overall importance to fish/hatchery management or science in order to further develop/enhance professional/technical competencies necessary to ensure that work performed and recommendation made for the hatchery/station/center biological program are consistent with current published literature and other professionally endorsed practices.

Requirements

Specialized experience for this position is described as: assisting with biological initiatives related to the management of fish and aquatic resources; assisting with conducting studies of factors affecting fish populations; performing data analysis; and assisting with preparing and presenting scientific data relative to fishery resources.

Qualifications

• Must possess a degree in biological science that includes at least 6 semester hours in aquatic subjects such as limnology, ichthyology, fishery biology, aquatic botany, aquatic fauna, oceanography, fish culture, or related courses in the field of fishery biology; AND at least 12 semester hours in the animal sciences in such subjects as general zoology, vertebrate zoology, comparative anatomy, physiology, entomology, parasitology, ecology, cellular biology, genetics, or research in these fields.
• Alternatively, a combination of education and experience that includes courses equivalent to a major in biological science (at least 30 semester hours), of which a minimum of 6 semester hours were in aquatic subjects and 12 semester hours were in the animal sciences, as described above, PLUS appropriate experience or additional education.
• Must meet the minimum qualifications for the position, which include one year of specialized experience comparable to grade GS-07 in the Federal service, or one year (18 semester hours) of graduate education in biology or a closely related field which provided the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully complete the work of the position.

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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