The Fisheries Science Coordinator is responsible for organizing the activities of the ASMFC scientific committees and other special projects within the Fisheries Science Program.
The coordinator will work closely with state and federal fisheries scientists and managers in several focal areas, including fishery-independent surveys, fishery-dependent sampling, multispecies and ecosystem modeling, and fisheries socioeconomics. The Science Program assists the Commission and its member states, in cooperation with federal fisheries management agencies, to coordinate and improve Atlantic coast data collection and analysis, and research programs for more effective state, federal, and interjurisdictional fisheries management. The Science Program assists in increasing compatibility between state, federal, and university data collection programs; responding to priority research issues and development of regional research programs; improving integration of fishery-dependent (recreational, commercial, biological, social, and economic data) and fishery-independent data in Commission stock assessments; coordinating efforts to decrease duplication of sampling efforts and fill gaps in sampling; and providing information to fishing organizations and the general public.
Specific Duties:
- Coordinate the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program’s activities in the South Atlantic region (SEAMAP-SA), in collaboration with the states from North Carolina through Florida, NOAA Fisheries, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Provide staff support to the SEAMAP-South Atlantic Committee and SEAMAP Work Groups. Assist in the development of program priorities and specific fishery-independent data collection programs to support SEAMAP goals and objectives. Provide liaison and coordination with the SEAMAP programs in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean regions. Maintain the SEAMAP website.
- Coordinate the activities of the Northeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (NEAMAP), in collaboration with the states from Maine through North Carolina and NOAA Fisheries. Provide staff support to the NEAMAP Operations Committee and technical committees. Assist in the development of Program priorities and specific fishery-independent data collection programs to support NEAMAP goals and objectives. Maintain the NEAMAP website.
- Coordinate the activities of the Commission’s Assessment Science Committee, Committee on Economics and Social Sciences, Ecosystem Reference Points Workgroup, Risk and Uncertainty Workgroup, and associated subcommittees.
- Conduct special projects, workshops, meetings, and cooperative programs to address regional and coast wide fisheries research and scientific issues.
- Participate as a member of the Bio-sampling and the Bycatch Panels of the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program (ACCSP) to develop consistent fishery-dependent data collection programs, in coordination with regional fishery-independent programs.
- Coordinate with other staff to ensure integration of activities among all Commission programs.
- Conduct other tasks as assigned by the Director of Fisheries Science.
Supervision
The Fisheries Science Coordinator reports to the Director of Fisheries Science and will exercise a substantial amount of independence in accomplishing work, subject to the direction of the supervisor. The coordinator will have frequent opportunities to work closely with senior scientists at the Commission, in academia, and at state and federal fisheries agencies.
Work Environment
Work is performed in an office setting; however, it involves occasional travel. Commission staff in the Arlington office work a hybrid schedule consisting of telework and work in the office. The position also involves occasional stressful periods of demanding workload and quick work product turnaround, including integrating a number of complex tasks at one time.
