Summary This position is located in the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering (RACE) Division with one vacancy in Newport, OR. This position is also announced under vacancy number NMFS-AKC-2019-0065, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both. Responsibilities As a Research Ecologist, you will perform the following duties: •Lead research on how interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment determine physiological condition, fitness, and recruitment potential of fish and crabs in Alaska’s five marine ecosystems. •Design studies using fatty acids and other trophic markers to dissect foo