Gary Mcfee Email & Phone Number

Santa Rosa, California, United States

Algae monitoring and water quality technician. Will also assist the fisheries department when needed

Windsor, CA

Windsor, CA

• Assisted with habitat and wildlife monitoring in the Russian River watershed of California concentrating on endangered salmonid stocks.
• Conducting salmonid spawner surveys in salmonid spawning habitat.
• Knowledge of habitat and population assessment tools such as FlowTracker, PIT tag antennas and maintenance, backpack electrofishing, and installing electronic data loggers.

Marathon, FL

• Assisted in the education, safety, hospitality, and overall experience for school groups coming to a remote island in the FL Keys to learn about marine science.
• Knowledge of fishes, marine invertebrates, plants, and seabirds of FL Keys ecosystem
• Collecting specimens for saltwater pool, temporary touch tanks, and aquarium displays

Ketchikan, AK

• Took part in hands on learning of the salmon egg take process for benefit of all user groups and assisted the cultivation of eggs and juvenile fish at a remote hatchery site.
• Feeding and sampling via wet weights for juvenile coho in outdoor raceways.
• Knowledge and performance of all steps throughout hatchery egg take process
• Experience transferring live adult fish from seine boats into net pens for transfer
• Experience using skiffs to transport net pens of live fish

South Bimini Island, Bahamas

• Assisted researchers with elasmobranch research pertaining to radio telemetry, BRUV deployments and analyses, and monitoring projects.
• Longline, deepline, and gillnet deployments as well as equipment repair
• Intensive gillnet sets and work up proficiency on juvenile lemon sharks in the field.
• Identification of distinguishable features regarding great hammerheads
• Mark capture and Recapture methods using PIT tags and Casey tags
• Baited Remote Underwater Video deployments and fish identification

Cordova

• Functioned as part of a remote hatchery site operations team in the cultivating and rearing of salmon.
• Boating and ATV experience along with basic carpentry and work with heavy machinery
• Fish propagation including: water quality, incubator maintenance, and outmigration procedures

South Bimini Island, Bahamas

• Assisted researchers with elasmobranch research pertaining to radio telemetry, BRUV deployments and analyses, and monitoring projects.
• Intensive gillnet sets and work up proficiency on juvenile lemon sharks in the field.
• Longline, deepline, and gillnet deployments as well as equipment repair
• Identification of distinguishable features regarding great hammerheads
• Mark capture and Recapture methods using PIT tags and Casey tags
• Baited Remote Underwater Video deployments and fish identification

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

• Presented to students on campus about various health topics and how to make healthy life decisions while working with colleagues in a dynamic work environment. Prepared presentations and programs implemented in.
• Marketed to different off and on-campus businesses for various fundraisers
• Developed teamwork skills
• Worked in adaptive, changing environment
• Presented at the national level at the BACCHUS Network General Assembly in 2013 (social media marketing to students) and in 2014 (implementation of nutrition based programs on a college campus).
• Presented at the Southern College Health Association on how to implement and organize an on-campus health fair in March of 2015.

Homer, AK

• Provided assistance to the research staff with a PIT tagging project tracking the seasonal variation in habitat utilization and movement patterns in salmonids of the Anchor River near shore estuary.
• Seining for juvenile salmonids in the Anchor River estuary channels
• Mark capture and recapture methods using PIT tags and elastomer tags
• Tracking patterns for juvenile salmonid movement in the Kachemak Bay area
• Aquarium care for a cold water local organism exhibit tank

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

• Fostered a welcoming environment for several groups of incoming freshmen. Displayed leadership abilities and demonstrated leadership in higher education (Wilmington, NC 2012-2014).
• Led campus tours and group activities
• Assisted with presentations
• Worked in a leadership position which demonstrated teamwork and communication skills
• Participated in student leader panels for parent discussion questions

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

• Led camper activities relating to dive training and provided lessons pertaining to marine science
• Taught lessons on fish identification and marine biodiversity
• Led and sat-in on staff led enrichment activities pertaining to ocean sciences
• Promoted healthy learning and acted as a resource to campersOvernight staff in charge of safety and wellness for campers spending the night away from home.
• Provided a resource for over-night campers dealing with homesickness
• Established a welcoming environment and participated in activities

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

• Boosted classroom environment through maintenance and establishment of display aquaria for the MarineQuest teaching lab.
• Maintained multiple fresh and saltwater aquariums from 10–125 gallon systems
• Started new aquaria for various taxa
• Animal husbandry
• Collected specimens for MarineQuest tanks and for activities

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

• Assisted a freshmen seminar course throughout the semester and officiated classroom discussions. Provided a resource for new students to enhance their college experience (Wilmington, NC 2014).
• Lead class teambuilding activities
• Promoted a healthy learning environment