Electronic Monitoring (EM) Specialist
On-siteNewport, Oregon, United States
Job Summary
Perform EM video and secondary review of West Coast commercial fishing activity, annotating fishing events, identifying species, and estimating catch and discard lengths and weights to produce verifiable data supporting stock assessment. Conduct quality control to ensure accuracy of data reported by primary reviewers and provide feedback on their performance. Review footage to notate events, determine species identification, and estimate lengths or weights of observed catch and discards. Develop Vessel Monitoring Plans for the ML EM pilot program and coordinate with NOAA staff, third-party providers, and the pilot contractor. This contingent role supports the NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center's Electronic Monitoring program for fixed gear fisheries.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent experience in fisheries or a related field
- Minimum two (2) years of relevant experience
- Must be able to submit to and pass a NOAA background check
- Must be suitable for public trust classification
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently, meet deliverable deadlines, and accurately manage, annotate, and process data and video
- Must be able to work in the U.S.
- Must be able to use Government-furnished IT equipment
- Willing to complete required NOAA/DOC training upon award
Desired Qualifications
- Prior experience reviewing electronic monitoring (EM) video
- Prior experience working as an observer on commercial fishing vessels off the West Coast
- Demonstrated experience identifying Pacific fishes
- Demonstrated use of a dichotomous key to determine identification of fish and invertebrate species
- Training in the scientific method and basic statistical methods, as demonstrated by completion of at least 20 undergraduate-level credits in the sciences
- Familiarity with West Coast fixed gear fisheries
- Experience with machine learning-assisted electronic monitoring
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