THE DEPARTMENT

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is dedicated to protecting native fish and wildlife, and providing

sustainable fishing, hunting and wildlife viewing opportunities for millions of residents and visitors. Working throughout the

state, WDFW’s employees–field biologists, enforcement officers, land stewards, lab technicians, customer service

representatives and others—manage hundreds of fish and wildlife species, maintain nearly a million acres of public wildlife

lands, provide opportunities for recreational and commercial fishing, wildlife viewing and hunting, protect and restore

habitat and enforce laws that protect fish and wildlife resources.

This is a full-time Project Fisheries Biologist 3 position in the Fish Program – Region 5. This position is funded through

the Alternative Gear Project PE 2012-06 for 2 years. The duty station is the Region 5 Office, 2108 Grand Blvd,

Vancouver, WA.

The primary objective of this position is to implement the Mortality Study as part of the overall Lower Columbia River

Alternative Gear Project. This position supervises and conducts fieldwork to capture and mark returning adult salmonids

for estimating the mortality of alternative commercial fishing gears in the Lower Columbia River and works closely with the

supervisor and a Research Scientist to assure best science is used in study.