STEPHANIE N. REIFSCHNEIDER

MRIP Fisheries Technician

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC)

CONTACT

Address Phone: (352) – 348 - 5829

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Holbrook, NY 11741

EXPERIENCE:

MRIP Fisheries Technician • Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC)

May 2021 - January 2022 (Seasonal); January 2022 - present (Full-Time)

●Responsible for conducting standardized surveys of marine recreational anglers to obtain information about their fishing effort, catch and participation for further assessment of fishing stocks in order to develop rational management policies and plans

●Responsible for conducting supplemental For-Hire Telephone Survey (FHTS) to assess for-hire charter and headboat fishing effort

●Assist in Large Pelagic Survey (LPS) to conduct information on highly migratory, pelagic game fish

●Collected for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) through New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)

Environmental Education and Animal Husbandry Intern • Conservancy of Southwest Florida

August 2020 - April 2021

● Responsible for daily care of live exhibits and subsequent local wildlife species

●Assist with teaching daily virtual environmental education programs for local audiences of all ages as well as presenting live animals for such programs

●Responsible for conception, construction and presentation of curriculum-based environmental education programs and lesson plans for students from pre-K to high school

●Assist the Environmental Education team with animal collection at various coastal locations

Trawl Assessment Volunteer • Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve:

September 2020 – April 2021

●Assist fisheries biologist in collection of samples via trawl net once a month around the Naples Bay, Rookery Bay or Ten Thousand Islands area by deploying and collection trawl as well as sorting, identifying, counting and measuring relevant fish and shellfish before returning to estuary.

● Trained in proper safe handling of net as well as contents within including fish, crabs etc.,

●Partake in occasional shark gillnetting for ecological projects associated under proper permit of Rookery Bay.

Education Volunteer • Florida Aquarium:

April 2019 – March 2020

●Worked at touch habitats at the main Florida Aquarium campus

●Interacted and educated guests about biology of various elasmobranch, marine mammals and invertebrates through biofacts, table activities, and educative presentations to the general public

Education Volunteer • Florida Aquarium: Cownose Cove, Apollo Beach December 2018 – April 2019

●Worked at touch habitat at Tampa Electric’s Manatee Viewing; interacted and educated guests about the biology and ecology of various stingray species

Level 2 Reef Fish Identification Surveyor • Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) March 2019 - present

●Level 2 Reef Fish Identification Surveyor: Apart of the REEF Volunteer Fish Survey Project

●Conducts Roving Diver Technique (RDT) to collect visual reef fish population surveys throughout the Tropical Western Atlantic region (i.e., Cozumel, Mexico; Florida Keys, Florida)

● Submits data on population abundance into the REEF Database

Environmental Education Intern • Tampa Bay Watch

May 2018 - August 2018

●Facilitated on-site field education experiences and activities for the Estuary EDventures summer camp

●Assisted in daily operations, upkeep and maintenance of aquarium exhibits as well as additional marine research projects conducted by Tampa Bay Watch

●Developed educational materials for children aged 5-15

●Responsible for safe handling of marine animals

EDUCATION:

Graduate’s Certificate, Quantitative Fisheries Science • University of Florida

2023 - 2024

●Scheduled to complete December 2024

Bachelor’s of Science, Marine Science • Eckerd College

2016-2020

Minor(s): Environmental Management; Coastal Management

SKILLS:

Laboratory Skills

●Lab report write-ups

●Titration

●DNA extraction and cloning

●PCR amplification; marine invertebrate specimen preservation; microscopic slide preparation (cross sections, dry/wet whole mounts); handling of light microscopes; sampling for chlorophyll, phosphate and microplastics concentrations in seawater samples via filtration.

Field Research Skills:

●Transect set-up and usage

●Visual abundance surveying

●Lionfish spearfishing

●Specimen collection through gillnetting, seining and trawling

●Fish identification surveying

●Coral identification surveying

●Herbarium collection and preparation

●Microplastic collection

●Grant proposal writing

●RStudio

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