Fishery Biologist 1- Tagging Trailer Operator

The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission is hiring three Fishery Biologist 1 - Tagging Trailer Operators in Lewiston, ID, starting April 14, 2025. Responsibilities include operating a fish-marking trailer to remove adipose fins and inject coded-wire tags into juvenile salmon and steelhead, as well as maintaining and troubleshooting complex equipment. The role involves significant travel to various hatcheries across Idaho and offers experience in fish rearing. Candidates may have opportunities for advancement.
Position/Project Specifics: 3 positions with an anticipated start date of 4/14/25. The Trailer Operator is responsible for operating an automated fish-marking trailer that removes adipose fins and injects coded-wire tags into the snouts of juvenile salmon and steelhead. The Trailer Operator maintains this trailer and is responsible for troubleshooting and repairing various pieces of a complex network of computers, cameras, motors, and other electrical and mechanical equipment on the Idaho Fish-Marking Program. This position then transitions into Trailer Operators PIT-tagging juvenile salmonids and using the P4 PIT-tagging software. Significant travel is involved working and traveling to the nine different IDFG anadromous fish hatcheries throughout the state of Idaho working collaboratively with IDFG to complete the project. Opportunity to gain extensive experience in a hatchery environment and some fish-rearing experience. There is a potential for the right candidate(s) of moving to...