The fisheries technician functions as part of the hatchery operations team in the cultivating and rearing of fish. Under the general supervision of a fish culturist or higher level fish technician, performs paraprofessional field, office and laboratory work in various phases of hatchery operations. Incumbents may work independently following general guidelines and use discretion in adapting actions to specific situations. Description of Duties and Tasks: Fish Propagation: Enumerating, caring for, killing, spawning and disposing of carcasses; preparing, cleaning and maintaining incubator, monitoring and maintaining water quality, loading, enumerating, picking and caring for egg/ alevin; rearing, enumerating and setting up outmigration of fry; perform other general duties as assigned.

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