JOB SUMMARY: This position is a Fish Biologist, GS- 0482-7/9 working in Hadley, Massachusetts for the R5-Green Lake National Fish Hatchery. MAJOR DUTIES: As a Fish Biologist your duties will include, but are not limited to, the following: Performs a variety of operational tasks and applies standard methods and practices relating to daily hatchery operational activities including fish cultural activities, disease control, collection, care, treatment, and spawning of brood stock; incubation of eggs; feeding, cleaning, and sample counting of fry and fingerlings; cleaning of raceways and tanks; distribution of eggs, fry, and fingerlings; and the tagging and marking programs. Conducts visual and microscopic examinations of fish for diseases and parasites. Collects, monitors and analyzes a wide variety of water management parameters and biological data including but not limited to: nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, alkalinity, pH, hardness, dissolved oxygen, total gas pressure, nitrogen gas, carbon dioxide, temperature, turbidity, zoo plankton, phytoplankton, and aquatic insects levels inside production ponds. Participates in and assists in the development of project plans and methods to conduct assessments of aquatic species populations and/or their habitats using a wide variety of conventional methods. Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with personnel from other Federal, State, Tribal, and local government agencies; conservation partners and organizations; and other civic entities to coordinate fish production activities (i.e. releasing juvenile fish, exchanging gametes from various stocks of listed fish, and transferring fish, etc.), and to disseminate information. IMPORTANT: Click the 'Apply for this job' button to view a complete job description.
