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Gakona, Alaska, United States

Hatchery Technician responsible for Sockeye brood stock collection as well as general hatchery maintenance and upkeep.

Anchorage, Alaska Area

Collecting biological, management, compliance, and other data on commercial fishing vessels while at sea in the North Pacific (Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea)

Cordova, Alaska

Lived and worked at remote field camp supporting project managers in conducting mark and recapture studies on adult Chinook Salmon, assessing the in-river abundance during spawning season on the Copper River.

Painesville, Ohio

Assessed Lake Erie walleye and yellow perch population, morphometrics, age and diet. Data collection was conducted using bottom trawls and gill nets.

This included long hours as well as high intensity work in high temperatures performing basic kitchen duties including preparing orders and janitorial duties.

Assisted in sampling for native Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae) as well as stream analyses throughout the tributaries of Lake Ontario and the Finger Lakes. This required the use of GPS, pH and conductivity meters as well as calculations of stream velocity and the identification of stream macroinvertibrates. The survey was part of ongoing analyses of.

Collecting fish samples at certain sites within Sandy Creek in and around Albion, New York. These included specimen samples, water samples, depth/width readings, turbidity measurements and flow speed readings. This research was used for a graduate student’s thesis research in Environmental Science. The thesis dealt with population density of minnows in.