![]() Ability to identify marine flora and fauna that occur in the Florida Keys.Skilled in the use of scientific laboratory and field equipment.Skilled in the use of personal computers and associated database, spreadsheet, presentation, statistical, and GIS software.Knowledge of the principles and techniques used in scientific research, experimental design, and statistical analysis of fisheries data. ![]() Must possess SCUBA diving certification.Ī master’s degree and with a major in one of marine biological, fisheries, or ecological sciences and one-year professional work experience. Minimum Qualifications A bachelor’s degree with a major in one of the biological sciences and three years of professional experience, or a master’s degree and one-year experience, or a doctorate from an accredited college or university in one of the biological sciences. ![]() Operate research vehicles and vessels including towing trailers.Lead the preparation of scientific technical reports, manuscripts, project summaries, presentations, and other products suitable for the entire range of stakeholder interests.Analyze data collected from the program’s field and laboratory projects using appropriate statistical and GIS techniques.Developing projects and seeking grant funding to provide high quality information on lobster biology and lobster fisheries management.Underwater data collection requires participation in SCUBA diving Organizing and leading activities in the field and laboratory.Advanced statistical knowledge and training is required. Supervision of temporary staff as assigned. Job duties include developing projects, conducting statistical analyses, and leading projects to support the spiny lobster research program and other marine research programs in South Florida. Job Description This position serves as a project leader of the FWRI research team that conducts biological research related to spiny lobster and the commercial and recreational fisheries. Marine Fisheries Research – Keys Fisheries Research Working Title: RESEARCH ASSOCIATE-FWC - 77072583įish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) I provide a revised, comprehensive fisheries management framework that, if implemented, can at least address some of the technocratic management’s shortcomings and prevent further decline in fisher participation and fisheries decline.Agency: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) While measures have been undertaken to foster fisher participation and slow down waterfront conversion, these have largely failed due to the measures’ inability to address the core problem, which is the flawed management approach that undermines social sustainability. ![]() The net result has been the opening up of scarce and valuable coastal space, which was previously occupied by fishers, fish houses and processors, and other fisheries infrastructure, to conversion for non-working waterfront uses. Technocratic management has also underestimated the importance of non-fishery factors, unique to place, and these factors – including population, tourism, and globalization factors – have exacerbated the impacts of management measures. I contend that the technocratic management approach is flawed and in a large part responsible for the decline of Florida Keys fisheries because the approach has ignored social sustainability, leading to a significant reduction in fisher participation, the fragmentation of fishing communities, and erosion of social capital. Technocratic management, which seeks to restore ecological integrity and economic efficiency, has been increasingly employed in the Florida Keys, in the form of limited access and property rights measures. The conventional narrative of fisheries management identifies overfishing and overcapacity as the malaise endemic to open-access fisheries systems, for which the remedy offered is technocratic management. Commercial fisheries in the Florida Keys have experienced a significant decline in participation and harvest over the past two decades, with over half of the fishers exiting the fishery since 1990 and a 50-70% decline in annual landings compared to previous decades. ![]()
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