Since technical direction is unavailable to these positions at their work site, they function with considerable independence. Work affects the information used in fisheries management plans, industry employment projections and governmental decision which could impact on plans for assigned areas, regulations regarding fish protection, and the economic conditions in an assigned area. Work facilitates the efforts of agency planners by providing them accurate statistical data. Inaccurate or inconclusive data could reflect negatively on agency regulation development and fisheries management plans that are used throughout the state. Some knowledge of state fisheries regulations and marine science.
Some positions require working skill in the operation of small boat and harvesting equipment.
Some experience with the fisheries industry. An equivalent combination of training and experience indicating possession of the preceding knowledge and abilities may substitute for this education and Experience. It is a revision and replacement of the Fisheries Management Technician class.