Creel Crew - North Coast-Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society

North Coast-Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society requires a Creel Crew of up to five surveyors for seasonal full and part-time employment from April 29 - August 31, 2025, to staff the Area 3 and 4 creel survey program operating in the Prince Rupert area.

Wage rate from $28 to $29 per hour depending on experience.

Duties include the following:

• Conduct dock-side interviews with anglers returning from recreational fishing trips to collect fishing activity data

• Careful handling of anglers recreational catch

• Accurately identify recreational catch, including species caught and quantity

• Collecting biological samples, such as scales, tissue samples and lengths, from selected species

• Inspecting chinook and coho salmon catch for clipped adipose fins

• Collecting heads from chinook or coho salmon with clipped adipose fins

• Documenting the number of boats returning from fishing trips passing through boat launches

• Creating legible and accurate records of information collected according to survey requirements

• Data review, correction, compilation and entry

Requirements include:

• Successful completion of high school education

• Ability to safely conduct work around water

• Ability to safely and respectfully interact with the public at boat launches

• Ability to accurately identify salmon, groundfish and shellfish species

• Data collection experience

• Class 5 driver’s license with access to a vehicle

• Post-secondary education and past fisheries monitoring experience is an asset

• Computer literacy including experience with data entry and editing is an asset

Working Conditions are:

• Outdoors in all weather conditions

• On and around docks and boats

• Shift work, evenings and weekends

The closing date for applications is April 18, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. Please send applications to the attention of Carmen Hansen at:

North Coast‐Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society Suite 363 - 309 2nd Avenue West

Prince Rupert BC, V8J 1H2 Fax: 250‐624‐8615

E-mail: administration@ncsfnss.ca

Qualified First Nation candidates are encouraged to apply. Training will be provided for successful candidates during a mandatory training session April 29 and 30, 2025.

NCSFNSS thanks all interested applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted