The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) is hiring a Research Assistant to support the Juvenile Striped Bass Seine Survey, which monitors annual recruitment of juvenile Striped Bass in the Chesapeake Bay's spawning and nursery areas. Key duties include deploying a 100-ft beach seine in chest-deep water, identifying and counting fish, recording environmental data, and preparing otolith samples in the lab. The role is a temporary hourly position (up to 6 months, max 29 hrs/week), requiring a valid driver's licence, physical fitness for fieldwork, and comfort working outdoors in all conditions.