Fisheries Manager

Role Responsibilities

Reporting to the Regional Fish and Wildlife Director, Resource Stewardship, the Northwest Fisheries Manager provides strategic direction and leadership to the development, implementation, and management of the Northwest fisheries programs. The programs pertain to species and population assessments, habitat and land use input, species at risk (SAR) management, and programs related to F&W disease and invasive species response. With expertise in stakeholder relations, the position requires a thorough understanding of the consultation processes directed at the resolution of diverse and often conflicting stakeholder needs.

Operating in an integrated delivery environment, the Fisheries Manager leads diverse and complex programs and teams, and is responsible to provide leadership to staff across the province as well as direct supervision of multiple senior fisheries biologists, and a team of approximately 10-12 fisheries staff across the Northwest.

The Fisheries Manager requires the ability to balance competing interests in working with stakeholders to ensure the recovery and sustainability of fish populations for the present and future.

Responsibilities include:

Developing, delivering, and overseeing tactical strategies and work plans related to fish population and habitat management and species at risk conservation and recovery at regional, and in some cases, provincial scales. Apply sound scientific knowledge and resource management skills to inform cumulative effects assessment and management, and support the department's integrated resource management programs at provincial, divisional and branch/regional levels. Contributing to provincial, regional and sub-­regional environmental and natural resource plans, procedures, objectives, thresholds, and actions achieved directly, and by providing support to the Regional Director.

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