Assistant Hatchery Manager

The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks is hiring an Assistant Hatchery Manager at Pratt Fish Hatchery. This full-time position involves overseeing fish culture phases, including hatching and monitoring species like Channel Catfish and Walleye. Responsibilities include pond management, water chemistry, and data collection. The role is supervised by the Hatchery Manager and requires hands-on work at the hatchery facility.
ASSISTANT HATCHERY MANAGER (FISH & WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST SUPERVISOR) – Position# K0233815 This unclassified, full-time position within the Fisheries Division, at Pratt Fish Hatchery, and is directly supervised by Mike Hassler, Hatchery Manager. The incumbent is responsible for all culture phases required to produce their assigned fish species which may include Channel Catfish, Blue Catfish, Walleye, Saugeye, Bluegill, Fathead Minnow, Black Crappie and other species. Pratt Hatchery is an 80+ extensive earth culture pond facility with a surface water source supplied by diversion dam. Responsibilities to include Ictalurid & predaceous fish hatching, harvest, collecting scientific data, water chemistry, and monitoring fish growth and rates of feed consumption. Responsible for assisting with extensive pond management including water flow management, aquatic plant removal and treatment, pond bottom contouring, water well tracking, reporting, and harvest structure maintenan...