The section of Natural Resources and the Environment within the Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment is a world leader in scholarship addressing social and ecological dimensions of natural resources and the environment to improve environmental sustainability, promote the well-being of communities, and ensure access to sustainable energy and environmental resources.What You Will DoAs the Temporary Fisheries Technician, you will provide technical assistance with the monitoring of anadromous river herring in the Hudson River in cooperation with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Hudson River Fisheries Unit located in New Paltz, New York. You will be responsible for data collection of fisheries dependent and independent surveys. Responsibilities include: Use large fishing gears (300-foot haul seine, 100-foot beach seine, gill nets and other types of fishing sampling gears).Operate outboard boats for deploying and retrieving gear.Trailer boats to and from sampling loctions.Fish identification and enumeration.Collect biological data and water quality data.Data entry and quality assurance.Prepare and mount fish scales for age analyses. What We Need

Operate outboard boats for deploying and retrieving gear.Trailer boats to and from sampling loctions.Fish identification and enumeration.Collect biological data and water quality data.Data entry and quality assurance.Prepare and mount fish scales for age analyses.