KEVIN VIADO
Kodiak,USA
Summary
To be a weir technician I for the Sitka Tribe of Alaska.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Fisheries Technician II
Alaska Department of Fish & Game
Nome, Alaska
07.2025 - 10.2025
- Assembled juvenile king crab pots; checked for juvenile crab.
- Baited, deployed, and retrieved crab pots for adult king crab collection.
- Worked on the Unalakleet River for the pilot Coho salmon sonar project;
- Drove a jet boat to and from camp.
- Installed partial weirs, situated the sonars in place.
- Read ARIS (Adaptive Resolution Imaging Sonar) files daily.
- Deployed seine and gillnet from jet boat for enumeration and sampling.
- Took AWL and scale samples from salmon.
- Maintained camp area, repaired seine net, kept an eye on generators and sonars, etc.
- Participated in the Salmon Ocean Ecology Program for the Southern Bering Sea juvenile salmon survey.
- Sorted, collected, and took data on the fish samples.
- Processed sea water nutrients and eDNA samples.
- Maneuvered the winch for the water sampling.
Fisheries Technician II
Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association - Research and Monitoring Department
Kodiak, Alaska
03.2023 - 01.2025
- Analyzed Pink, Chum, and Sockeye salmon otoliths for hatchery marks.
- Collected otoliths at processing plants and during river surveys.
- Prepped, read otoliths utilizing a microscope and entered data.
- Aged Pink, Chum, and Sockeye salmon scales.
- Participated in the Spiridon Lake Sockeye Enhancement Project and cost recovery project.
- Set up camp and installed the Canadian Smolt Trap.
- Enumerated and sampled Sockeye smolt (AWL and scale samples).
- Maintained the trap (cleaned off debris, made sure it was fish tight, etc).
- Set up the Telrod Cost Recovery Camp and collected adult Sockeye otolith and scale samples.
- Collected and processed hatchery water samples for the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
- Collected and processed various Kodiak lake limnology samples.
- Worked with the Pillar Creek and Kitoi Bay Hatchery for eggtake collection.
- Assisted the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Sport Fish for Chinook and Coho broodstock collection.
Fisheries Technician I
Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association – Kitoi Bay Hatchery
Kodiak, AK
03.2019 - 12.2022
- Saltwater reared Pink, Chum, and Coho fry.
- Net pen structure and net repair.
- Monitored and adjusted nets as needed in inclement weather.
- Participated in Coho, Chum, Sockeye and Pink egg collections and transportation.
- Aid in Sockeye smolt transportation from hatchery facility to remote net pen site.
- Performed husbandry work in hatchery incubations.
- Shock and removal of dead eggs through hand picking and specialized machines.
- Monitored dissolved oxygen levels using the YSI D.O. meter.
- Installed substrate into Chum and Pink alevin-hatched incubators.
- Sampled adult Chum scales and data from commercial harvest and Cost Recovery.
- Practiced biosecurity between facilities and salmonid species for pathology management.
- Sampling ovarian fluid and kidneys from post-spawn female Coho’s for Alaska Department of Fish & Game Pathology Lab.
- Familiar with driving 15-foot aluminum skiffs with 4-Stroke 40hp Outboard.
Fisheries Technician I
Douglas Island Pink & Chum Inc. – Macaulay Hatchery
Juneau, Alaska
03.2021 - 06.2022
- Code-tag juvenile Coho by hand.
- Freshwater reared juvenile Chinook and Coho smolt.
- Camped several nights at a remote net pen site rearing Chum fry.
- Used gas-powered carts to disperse fish feed into Chum net pens.
- Drove a 17-foot aluminum skiff with a 4-stroke 90hp outboard.
- Transported bags of feed – each weighing 44 lbs.
- Oxygenate pens with low dissolved oxygen by prop washing.
- Collection and sampling of net pen fry mortality.
- Assist in the construction and monitoring of stream weirs.
- Attended in roe sales.
- Collection of green (unripe) roe.
- Processed and weighed roe.
- Participated in Chum, Chinook, and Coho egg take, egg sorting, and husbandry tasks in incubation.
Education
Kodiak College
05-2012
HS Diploma - undefined
Kodiak High School
06-2006
Skills
- Adventurous and enjoys working outdoors and being adaptable to different weather conditions
- No qualms working long strenuous hours and working with blood, slime, and guts
- Positive, organized, punctual, alert, dependable, observant, and team player
- Can carry up to 50 lbs
- Comfortable being in remote areas, traveling on foot, and being on float planes/helicopters
- General knowledge of salmon (life cycle, species ID, etc)
- Used to working around brown bears and being in their presence
- Willingness to learn new skills
Timeline
Fisheries Technician II
Alaska Department of Fish & Game
07.2025 - 10.2025
Fisheries Technician II
Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association - Research and Monitoring Department
03.2023 - 01.2025
Fisheries Technician I
Douglas Island Pink & Chum Inc. – Macaulay Hatchery
03.2021 - 06.2022
Fisheries Technician I
Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association – Kitoi Bay Hatchery
03.2019 - 12.2022
HS Diploma - undefined
Kodiak High School
Kodiak College