Job Announcement: CBHM Harvest Monitors

Job Announcement: CBHM Harvest Monitors

KRITFC is hiring Harvest Monitors in several lower Kuskokwim River communities to work with our Community-Based Harvest Monitoring (CBHM) program this summer. CBHM Harvest Monitors collect salmon harvest information in their communities after subsistence fishing opportunities. This information is compiled by KRITFC staff into lower river harvest estimates, which help salmon managers make informed in-season decisions.

Position Description: CBHM Harvest Monitors collects salmon harvest surveys in their communities after subsistence salmon harvest opportunities. Information included in the surveys includes the fishing time and location, mesh size used, and number of fish by species caught, as well as occasional age-sex-length and scale samples. This information is sent to KRITFC staff to produce lower river harvest estimates, which are used by KRITFC and US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) during in-season salmon management. There may be 1-3 Harvest Monitors per community, depending on its size. Harvest Monitors work a seasonal, part-time position.

Positions Available Per Community: Tuntutuliak or Eek (1), Napakiak (1), Napaskiak (1-2),

Kwethluk (2-3), Akiak (1), Akiachak (1), Tuluksak (1)  

Position Dates: May 2022 – July 2022

Position Responsibilities Include:

  • Attending in-season monitoring training in Bethel on 5/26/22

  • Communicating in-person and via telephone with subsistence fishermen during and after salmon harvest opportunities, which may require working late hours

  • Asking fishermen survey questions to gather information about their harvests

  • Gathering Chinook salmon scale samples and age-sex-length information on occasion

  • Coordinating with other community Harvest Monitors during survey collections to not overlap fishermen surveyed

  • Submitting data via Google Forms immediately after survey collection

  • Making phone calls, sending texts, and submitting data via phone apps

  • Communicating regularly with KRITFC staff throughout the salmon season

Compensation: $22-$30 per hour DOE (depending on experience). Harvest Monitors will also be provided with a company phone and data to use, as well as some boat gas throughout the season.

 Interested? Contact LaMont Albertson (907-947-4405) or Terese Schomogyi (907-545-7388, terese@kritfc.org) to apply.