Name:
Alison Gaye Blind, Middletown, NY 10940
Profession:
Hatchery Supervisor, Eden Brook Aquaculture, Inc. Forestburgh, NY
Fisheries Background:
BS Wildlife Science, Major: Fisheries, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Additional Education:
23 Credits towards an MS, Environmental Biology, Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo, MI
Management training, Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI
Career Ladder:
Fisheries Aid, Michigan DNR
(3 years seasonal employment)Chinook salmon
on Michigan streams. Fisheries Technician, Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery, Michigan DNRmillions of steelhead and brown trout, chinook and atlantic salmon, arctic
grayling, sturgeon, saugeye, northern pike, tiger and Great Lake muskellunge,
and walleye among assorted other adventures. Responsibilities included
hatchery operation, on-call, at one of the most automated state hatcheries in
the country (1980s). Was the Senior Technician in charge of the Arctic
Grayling program (hatching, grow-out and reintroduction of arctic grayling
into Michigan lakes and streams). Was also a member of the Great Lakes
strategic planning team. Lack of state funds and special project monies prompted
change in job.
Base salary, $24,000 but overtime generated another $10,000 or comp time off.
Aquatic Biologist and CEO of Fish
Management Services, Berrien Springs, MI. (8 yr.)southwest Michigan and northern Indiana. Job included; fish population
studies, aquatic plant management, restoration of lakes and ponds, manual,
chemical and biological control of aquatic plants, water quality and fish
stocking among a host of other offerings. Opportunity to manage a fish
hatchery prompted change in job. Base Salary, $45,000 for 9 months seasonal work.
Currently,
Hatchery Supervisor of Eden Brook Aquaculture, Inc (18 mos.) 
spring-fed, trout hatchery in the Catskill mountains. The facility produces fish for
stocking and for food fish in NY City and vicinity restaurants. Base salary is
24,000. Perks are housing and quality of life in the foothills of the Catskill mountains.