Fish Biologist-Department of Interior, US Fish and Wildlife Service (Due 4/23)
Full-Time
Salary: $55,905-$72,677
Job Description:This position is part of the Carterville Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office. As a Fish Biologist you will be responsible for conducting surveys and studies and preparing plans related to fisheries management.
Job Responsibilities:Major duties will include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Conducting biological surveys of waters for the preservation and development of fisheries on Federal properties
- Conducting studies of all factors affecting fish populations, such as food conditions, population balance, chemical and biological factors, quality of spawning areas
- Using automated data processing equipment to enter, process, and summarize fishery data for reports
- Preparing and presenting papers to the field
- Preparing Fisheries Management Plans for depleted fishery resources
- Assisting in developing fish stocking schedules
- Keeping alert to maintenance and repair of vehicles, boats, electrofishing gear
- Providing technical assistance inside and outside the Service
Job Qualifications: A degree with a major in biological science that included: (1) 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 (2) 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. OR
A combination of education and experience--courses equivalent to a major in biological science (i.e., 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 shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
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