Jill Voorhees: Don’t hold back in finding work/life balance

With a short 12 years of industry experience under her belt, Jill Voorhees has already accomplished so much as a biologist at South Dakota’s McNenny Fish Hatchery. In this episode, Jill shares how she fell into the world of fisheries and aquaculture, and has gone on to become an accomplished thought leader in the industry. The best advice she was ever given was don’t hold back! Work/life balance is possible with the right support systems.

Further reading:

• Jill Voorhees’ profile in the 2019 Top 10 Under 40 in Hatchery International

Production research mentioned in the episode:

• Formaldehyde levels: https://elibrary.asabe.org/abstract.asp?aid=47149
• Occupational health and safety:
  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1059924X.2019.1639574
• Chinook salmon spawning:
  • Egg survival and electroshocking:
    https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/naaq.10058
  • Effects of activated milt residence times:
    https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=99591
    https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/naaq.10192
  • Tempering of eggs (don’t remember if I mentioned this one):
    https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=107758
  • Pond degassing structure:
    https://www.scirp.org/html/2-1560782_99161.htm