Fisheries Observer
Current• Certified and trained by NOAA to gathers fishing effort information, samples for species composition, and collects biological data from both prohibited and target species while working onboard commercial fishing vessels for 3-5 day trips, multiple times a month.• Able to tolerate stressful, rough living conditions while collecting quality biological data and professionally navigating the tense political relationship between commercial fishermen and mandated observers while living onboard the fishing vessels.• Lives on-call, ready to provide coverage at short notice for the full duration of the approx. 388 day contract• Knowledgeable and trained in open water survival skills and emergency at-sea scenarios