Bethany Riggle Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

1. Assists the Groundfish Assessment Program (GAP) Project Manager and Survey Leader with the annual planning of the Alaska Biennial Bottom Trawl Survey.- As Field Party Chief, Deck Boss, or biologist, plans for daily and cruise operations.- Works effectively with all staff to plan and prepare for the bottom trawl survey.- Plans for supplies and equipment needed for the Alaska Biennial Bottom Trawl Survey as needed.- Plans for staffing, training, charting, data support, reporting, or other tasks assigned for the Alaska Biennial Bottom Trawl Survey.2. Plans for participation in studies, projects, and tasks for Groundfish Research and and other studies when appropriate:- Assists in developing studies to conduct survey and groundfish research.- Assists in developing equipment and field mobilization plans to support seasonal studies.- Develop plans, with co-workers, to collect, record, and process samples and analyze data such as video images, stomach samples, tagging data, age, growth, and maturity.3. Conducts resource survey operations on the Alaska Biennial Bottom Trawl Survey.- Spends up to 60 days at sea per year including participating in the Alaska Biennial Bottom Trawl Surveys as a biologist, Deck Boss and/or Field Party Chief.- Sea duties include identifying and sorting marine fishes and invertebrates, processing catches, collecting biological data and samples.- Conducts staffing, training, charting, data support, reporting, or other tasks assigned for the Alaska Biennial Bottom Trawl Survey.4. Assists and conducts field and laboratory work on survey research, habitat requirements, feeding, movement, age, growth, reproduction, or ecological relationships of groundfishes in Alaskan waters.- Mobilizes and operates research equipment and collects data for surveys and studies, as needed.- Conducts routine analyses of video images, stomach samples, tagging data, age, growth, maturity, and other pertinent samples and data, as needed.

Greater Seattle Area

• Assured that all observer data meets the Division’s quality expectations prior to finalizing data, making it available to end users. • Verified the accuracy of recorded data; identified errors and prepared lists of corrections for observers. Used data quality control tools provided (e.g. database queries, error reports, VMS queries, etc.) to recognize potential errors and issues, which needed clarification by observers. Ensured corrections were completed according to Division’s standard data correction procedures prior to finalizing data.• Consulted with Division data quality control managers on unusual or non-standard data correction methods or potential loss of data. Documented significant edits which were made during debriefing.• Loaded observer data in timely manner to the NORPAC “domestic” database tables according to Division protocols.• Distributed data and biological samples in a timely manner according to Division protocols. • Identified potential problem data sets and initiated the Division’s data auditing procedures. • In coordination with other team members and following established protocols, assisted the training and debriefing teams as needed. Potential tasks included but were not limited to correcting homework and other class materials, checking data, preparing equipment and materials for water safety activities, scanning otoliths, and key punching data.

Alaska

• Trawl and Longline lead certified and deployed for contracts lasting up to 90 days • Recorded fishing efforts and catch information (location, depth and catch estimates)• Sampled hauls for species composition • Collected biological and specimen data from targeted species and other species of concern including otoliths, fin clips, scale collection and whole organisms to be analyzed in the lab• Maintained a detailed logbook of daily sampling activities and recorded any infractions• Monitored vessels for compliance with regulations regarding fishing effort, prohibited species, and marine mammal & sea bird interactions• Transmitted data on a daily basis back to the NMFS in Seattle• Familiar with safety and emergency procedures aboard commercial fishing vessels

Administrative Assistant at a newspaper circulation software company that serves more than 25% of the nations newspapers. I answered phone calls using a multi-line system, and assisted customers in getting transferred to the best department to fit their needs. Every day, I used various Microsoft programs such as: Lync, Office, Excel, Word, Publisher, etc, to complete tasks assumed to me by colleagues and superiors. I was also responsible for processing most payments that were sent in by clients, and depositing checks via direct deposit to the local bank.

For three years, I was the Assistant Coach for a girls competitive gymnastics team. I was responsible for creating competition schedules, setting up budgets, communicating with more than 30 families, and developing fun and unique ways to teach skills for gymnastics and life. I also taught Preschool for 7 months within the same gymnastics center. I was responsible for setting up lesson plans for every Preschool gymnastics class (of which there were approximately 7 coaches total who taught classes at different times throughout the day.) I was also in charge of coming up with fun activities that would develop letter recognition and fine motor skills, as well as encourage the children to utilize their own creativity.

Pasco, Wa

For 3 weeks of my summer internship, I was out in the Idaho wilderness pit tagging juvenile salmon to assist in tracking migration patterns of wild Chinook and Steelhead salmon. When I was not in the wilderness, I worked with inputting and configuring data from previous years, and I spent three weeks working at the Lower Granite Dam with the adult salmon trap, tagging wild adults and collecting scale samples of the salmon that came through the dam.