<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;
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115%;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Shellfish and Aquaculture
Specialist <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;
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Description<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;
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margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Tahoma;">Title</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Tahoma;">: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Shellfish and
Aquaculture Specialist</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Tahoma;">Reports to:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Shellfish
Promotion and Tasting, Inc. (SPAT)/Wellfleet Shellfish
Research Committee (WSRC)</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Tahoma;">Based at:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Tahoma;"> Wellfleet, MA</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Tahoma;">Description</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Tahoma;">: To better understand how vibrio interacts with its environment
and its hosts, Shellfish Promotion and Tasting, Inc. (SPAT) and the Wellfleet
Shellfish Advisory Board (SAB) seek to hire a Shellfish and Aquaculture
Specialist to monitor and assess local waters especially during summer months,
develop and implement a plan for vibrio control, educate shell fishermen and
the public about this issue and evaluate this </span><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">process
as a model for Wellfleet and other communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma">This is a new position which will evolve as needs dictate. It is a full-time
seasonal position in which the candidate can expect to work more hours in the
summer season (March – October) and less in the winter. A <span style="background:white">Bachelor's Degree in Marine Biology is strongly
desired and compensation is commensurate with experience.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Tahoma;">Key responsibilities and accountabilities:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> • Develop
working relationship with growers to learn their unique <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> accomplishments and challenges
<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> Demonstrate
knowledge of the shellfish regulations and regulatory process<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> Educate and disseminate standards and
practices for harvest and post- harvest
handling of shellfish to the shellfishermen (beyond what is required by the DMF to ensure safe harvesting
especially during summer months) </span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> • Educate
public and non-commercial shellfish permit holders about safe handling and consumption of
shellfish<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> Educate
public and promote Wellfleet’s pro-active approach toward vibrio<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> Report and document violations to
appropriate agencies</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> Survey shellfishermen periodically on
compliance with regulation, need for education
and marketing efforts </span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma;
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> </span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma">Deliverables:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> • Communicate
with appropriate state and local agencies (Department of Public Health,
Division of Marine Fisheries, SPAT, SAB and the Town of Wellfleet Shellfish Department) on a
weekly basis, to stay informed of regulatory changes and to
inform them of Wellfleet’s proactive approach<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> Implement
training protocol for commercial harvesters, growers, dealers, retailers and servers by June 2014<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> Develop a Harvester Certification Program in
collaboration with the Barnstable
County Extension and implement this program with the support of the Shellfish Advisory Board </span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Coordinate methods with the Wellfleet
Shellfishing Department to trace oysters
to harvest or storage area with the possibility of a system for specific bed, grant or area closures </span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> Research vibrio management plans in other
communities and recommend a real-time
monitoring system that would predict risk of vibrio in Wellfleet </span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Tahoma;"> Create and implement a plan for vibrio monitoring and control </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Interested applicants please submit a
letter of interest and a CV or resume to </span></b><a href="mailto:info@wellfleetoysterfest.org"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">info@wellfleetoysterfest.org</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> no later than February 7, 2014.<i> </i></span></b><b><i><span style="font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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