FishPro, Inc., a Port Orchard-based engineering and fisheries biology firm, has joined with Omaha, Neb.-based HDR Engineering.

HDR is the nation’s 20th largest engineering, architectural and consulting firm. The transaction, will provide the FishPro team with added capabilities to perform fisheries projects.

Former president and cofounder of FishPro, Ken Ferjancic becomes HDR’s newest vice-president.

“Our clients will see very little change,” Ferjancic said. “We will continue to offer the same personal, one-on-one attention of our principals and dedicated fisheries staff.”

Founded in 1978, FishPro employs 22 people in Port Orchard, Portland, Ore., and Santa Fe, N.M. FishPro is currently working on rehabilitation of four Nevada state fish hatcheries and fish screening projects in Washington, Oregon and Canada.