Fisheries Biologist

at  Government of Alberta

JOB INFORMATION

Job Requisition ID: 66464
Ministry: Forestry and Parks
Location: Edmonton (other locations within Alberta may be considered)
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: February 20, 2025
Classification: Natural Resources 8 (058NRA)
Salary: $2,896.94 to $3,741.60 bi-weekly ($75,610 - $97,655 /year)
Forestry and Parks - Responsible for growing our manufactured wood products and forestry sector, preserving, and managing our public lands and protected areas. Protected areas are essential to the quality of life that Albertans enjoy. They conserve our natural landscapes and wildlife habitat and offer a broad range of nature-based outdoor recreational opportunities. Alberta’s protected areas inspire people to discover, value, protect, and enjoy the natural world and the benefits it provides for current and future generations.
Forestry and Parks is also responsible for the sustainable allocation and use of all fish and wildlife resources in Alberta including the management and statutory decision making for these valuable resources.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• A completed University degree in environmental science/natural resource management, Conservation Management, Biology, Fisheries Management, Aquatics Ecology or a related field.
• Minimum 4 years of directly related field experience in fisheries management.
• A valid Class 5 Driver’s License or equivalent.

Equivalences may be considered: Related 2-year diploma plus 6 years of related experience. Additional related education considered in lieu of experience based on one year of experience for one year of education.

Assets:

• Experience with Alberta the Fisheries Management program.
• A graduate degree (MSc or PhD) in environmental science/natural resource management, Conservation Management, Biology, Fisheries Management, Aquatics Ecology or a related field.
• Experience managing large datasets including the management of data, data analysis and reporting. Experience with mapping software as it relates to data management and interpretation.
• Experience with fisheries and aquatic ecological principles, data analysis and interpretation, project management, and the development of fisheries management plans.
• Experience collaborating with multi-jurisdictional stakeholder groups including other levels of government.
• Knowledge of relevant provincial and federal acts, regulations, policies, and procedures. Specifically, Alberta Fishery Regulations, Federal Fisheries Act, Fisheries Ministerial Regulation, General Fisheries Alberta Regulation, Fisheries Alberta Act, Federal Fisheries Act, and Federal Species at Risk Act.
• Experience with operating off-highway vehicles (4X4, ATV, snowmobile), motorized boats (jet and propeller), use of firearms, specialized fisheries equipment including radio/acoustic telemetry, gill nets, trap nets, electro-fishing (backpack and boat), limnological and water sampling, and other fisheries management sampling equipment.

Candidates with lesser qualifications may be considered at a lower classification and salary.
Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. Refer to

We are seeking a Fisheries Biologist who will be responsible for assisting in the development and delivery of the Forestry and Parks fisheries program. This includes fisheries management related program activities designed to ensure the sustainability allocation of fish populations and fisheries.
Reporting to the Provincial Fisheries Resource Specialist in the Hunting and Fishing Branch, Ministry of Forestry and Parks, the Fisheries Biologist is a professional level fisheries management biologist operating with a high degree of independence, with provincial-level responsibility focused on the sustainable allocation of fish to recreation, Indigenous and commercial uses, from lotic to lentic fisheries.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Assisting in developing and planning fisheries management related projects that include policy development and implementation, planning and participating on teams responsible for single and multi-year projects, participating in research activities, collecting data, conducting data analysis, interpretation, and reporting.
• Represents fisheries program interests when interacting with other agencies, government departments, resource industries, NGOs, local governments, stakeholders and the public concerning resource management activities and issues.
• Function as a key member of an integrated team of professional and technical staff responsible for the management of fisheries resources in Alberta. The incumbent may represent Fisheries Management in various planning initiatives at the landscape and species management level as well as participating in interagency and multi-stakeholder resource management as well as department initiatives.
• Reviews and identifies conditions for the issuance of licences such as competitive fishing event licences, bait fish licences etc.
• Supervising technical or administrative staff as needed including identification of work priorities and developing as well as monitoring of performance agreements/work plans.

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