Fisheries Technician
Mr. Rogers has worked as a fisheries technician for BIO-WEST for two years. He has experience in both lake and stream ecosystems. He has assisted with research and collection activities in Lake Powell and other reservoirs in Utah, and his limnological experience includes collection of physical and chemical data from lakes. His stream system experience includes assessing the physical and chemical aspects of habitats, fish collection, and fish surveying techniques including canoe electrofishing, backpack electrofishing, and snorkeling surveys in cold water mountain streams. His skills in lab studies include scale, fin-ray, and otolith aging, as well as zooplankton identification, macro invertebrates identification, and fish vertebrate identification. He has a B.S. in Fisheries and Aquatic Science from Utah State University and a B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology from Hiram College. | Skills & Qualifications
Holds SCUBA certification and has performed many dives in both deep and shallow marine and freshwater environments Experienced with a variety of in-lake fish collection methods including gill netting, trap netting, electrofishing, minnow trapping, and trawling Skilled in coping with environmental factors including weather conditions and strenuous physical situations Understands the principles of fisheries biology, fisheries management, biology, ecology, and habitat quality associated with field and lab collections and data analyses
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