Fisheries Technician (Off-grid Salmon Hatchery) - Multiple Locations

Jumpstart your fisheries career and gain hands-on experience working with Pacific Salmon at large-scale hatcheries in Alaska.

Late winter and early spring projects (February to May) will focus on outmigration and juvenile salmon rearing.

Project lengths focused on juvenile fish rearing typically range from six to ten weeks, with limited projects ranging up to six to nine months.

PERKS Free room and board at hatchery locations Dormitory setting with shared room occupancy Sorry, no pets allowed Meal service provided 403(b) Retirement Plan -enrollment is optional Industrial/Heavy Duty rain jacket and bibs provided $500 Travel Reimbursement Employees arrange their transportation to Anchorage, AK Project Start Dates: Armin F Koernig Hatchery (AFK) Located on Evans Island at the south-western entrance of the Prince William Sound.

AFK is a remote, off-grid facility only accessible by boat or float plane.

Typical transport to AFK is provided via boat from Whittier, AK, and the direct route is about three hours.

This facility will rear pink and chum salmon for release into the ocean as fry.

Approximately 172 million pink salmon and 19.5 million chum salmon fry are released every year in May.

An additional 40 million chum salmon fry are released at the remote station site in Port Chalmers every year in May.

AFK collects approximately 190 million pink salmon eggs during eggtake operations in late August through late September.

2027 Project Start Date(s): 02/10; 02/24; 03/03; 03/10 Cannery Creek Hatchery (CCH) Located in Unakwik Inlet at the northern end of the Prince William Sound.

CCH is a remote, off-grid facility only accessible by boat or float plane.

Typical transport to CCH is provided via boat from Whittier, AK, and the direct route is about two hours.

This facility will rear pink salmon for release into the ocean as fry.

Approximately 168 million pink salmon fry are released every year in May.

CCH collects approximately 187 million pink salmon eggs during eggtake operations in late August through late September.

2027 Project Start Date(s): 03/02; 03/09 Gulkana Hatchery (GH) Located in the interior near Paxson, AK, along the Gulkana River.

GH is a rural facility accessible by vehicle with a remote, off-grid release and collection site, Crosswinds, located in a backcountry/wilderness setting.

Typical transport to GH is provided via vehicle from Anchorage, AK, and the direct route is about five hours.

Typical transport to Crosswinds is provided via small air bushcraft.

This facility will rear sockeye salmon for release into lakes and rivers as fry.

Approximately 22 million sockeye salmon fry are released every year, beginning in April and ending in July.

GH collects approximately 36.75 million sockeye salmon eggs during eggtake operations in late August through early October.

2027 Project Start Date(s): 03/12; 04/16 Main Bay Hatchery (MBH) Located at Main Bay in the mid-west section of Prince William Sound, south of Whittier.

MBH is a remote, off-gr...