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March

PhD position – Earth system modeling with a focus on adaptive scenarios
University of Bern
Location: Bern, Switzerland
Deadline: March 28, 2024
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PhD position in modeling ocean carbon removal and sequestration
University of Bern
Deadline: March 28, 2024
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April

Tenure Track position: Chemical Oceanography
Dalhousie University
Location: Halifax, Canada
Deadline: April 1, 2024
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RESEARCH SCIENTIST IN MARINE AND FISHERIES ECOSYSTEMS
Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research, University of Newfoundland
Location: St. John’s, NL
Deadline: April 1, 2024
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Aquatic Science Technician IV & V
Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Arctic Aquatic Research Division
Location: Inuvik (Northwest Territories), Iqaluit (Nunavut)
Deadline: 5 April 2024 – 23:59, Pacific Time
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Junior Prof: Marine policy and management
Oldenburg University
Location: Oldenburg, Germany
Deadline: April 7, 2024
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Program Coordinator
Átl’ḵa7tsem/Howe Sound Marine Stewardship Initiative (MSI)
Location: Átl’ḵa7tsem / Howe Sound (e.g., Squamish, Gibsons, Lions Bay, Bowen Island, West Vancouver)
Deadline: April 10, 2024
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DSTrain – MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships in Computational and Natural Sciences – 18 positions
University of Oslo
Location: Oslo, Norway
Deadline: April 14, 2024
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Assistant Professor: Two positions: Environmental Science & Molecular Population Ecology
Sultan Qaboos University
Location: Muscat, Oman
Deadline: April 20, 2024
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PhD: Paleo-modelling of the Red Sea
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester, UK
Deadline: April 28, 2024
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Summer Courses
ASU BIOS
Location: St. George’s, Bermuda
Deadline: April 30, 2024
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May

Post doctoral research associates (up to 3 positions) Ecosystem modelling IRD
IFREMER, MARBEC laboratory
Location: Montpellier, France
Deadline: May 1, 2024
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2024 Call for SCOR Working Group Proposals
SCOR
Deadline: May 17, 2024
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June

Glider School 2024: Hands-on ocean-glider technology training
Glider School
Location: Gran Canarias, Spain
Deadline: June 30, 2024
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July

Stock Assessment Technician I – Inventory
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Location: Fraser and Interior Area (Various locations)
Deadline: July 4, 2024
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Sea Otter-Fisheries Modeling
Marine Science Institute
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Deadline: July 31, 2024
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August

Stock Assessment Technician II – Inventory
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Location: Fraser and Interior Area (Various locations)
Deadline: August 31, 2024
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September

Stock Assessment Technician III – Inventory
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Location: Fraser and Interior Area (Various locations)
Deadline: September 1, 2024
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November

Computational Scientist
Yale University
Location: New Haven, CT
Deadline: Nov 27, 2024
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Assistant Professor of Marine Education and Outreach
California State University
Location: Monterey Bay, CA
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Postdoctoral Position: Effects of Environmental Changes on European Blue Carbon Ecosystems – Horizon Europe Project C-Blues
Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranch
Location: Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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Associate Professor or Professor and Director
National Center for Integrated Coastal Research
Location: Orlando, FL
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Assistant Professor of Marine Invertebrate Ecology
California State University
Location: Monterey Bay, CA
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Research Technician
Chem Sensors Lab
Location: Moss Landing, CA
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Director for the School of Ocean Science and Engineering
The University of Southern Mississippi
Location: Hattiesburg, MS
Details: email s.pasqual@oceans.ubc.ca

Director of Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa
Location: Kaneohe, HI
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Postdoctoral Associate in Marine Ecosystem Modeling
University of Florida
Location: Levy, FL
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MS/PhD Graduate Student Assistant in Climate and Fisheries Modeling
University of Florida
Location: Gainesville, FL
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Part-time Research Assistant
Dr. Rick Hanson
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Part-time Research Assistant
Dr. Rick Hanson
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PhD opportunity (the population structure and the role of burbot in coupling nearshore and offshore habitats of Lake Superior using a mixed-methods approach)
Department of Biological Sciences at Michigan Tech
Location: Houghton, MI
Details: email s.pasqual@oceans.ubc.ca

Tenure Track Faculty Positions in Estuarine and Marine Science
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)
Location: Cambridge, MD
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VP of Research, Pristine Seas (Science and Innovation)
National Geographic Society
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Climate and anthropogenic changes in the Arctic
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – Università di Bologna
Location: Bologna, Italy
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Understanding and predicting seagrass decline in lagoonal environment
Institut Français pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER) (host)
Location: Primary: Brest, France/ Secondary: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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A strategic assessment approach to evaluatinginteractions between offshore wind energy and commercial fisheries
Institut Français pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER) (host)
Location: Primary: Plouzané, France/ Secondary: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Extracting Essential Ocean Variables for benthic habitats and fishes from existing, mature protocols
Institut Français pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER) (host)
Location: Primary: Lorient, Bretagne, France/ Secondary: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Post-Doc Research Fellow
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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Project Director
Pew Marine Fellows Program
Location: Washington, DC OR Philadelphia, PA
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PhD position: How seasonality affects global marine biodiversity distributions
University of Miami
Location: Miami, Fl
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PhD position: How advection and diffusion could influence climate driven poleward migration of species
University of Miami
Location: Miami, Fl
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Associate Professor or Professor and Director, National Center for Integrated Coastal Research
University of Central Florida (UCF)
Location: Orlando, USA
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Postdoctoral Researcher-Machine Learning/Video Interpretation
Woodwell Climate Research Center (Woodwell Climate)
Location: Falmouth, MA, US
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Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Global Change Biology
Saint Mary’s University
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Research Assistant: “Climate-smart” Blue Foods
The Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions
Location: Columbia, SC
Deadline: Until position is filled
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LFFA Employment Opportunity
The Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance
Location: Abbotsford, BC
Deadline: Until position is filled
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Assistant or Associate Professor – Estuarine & Ocean Sciences
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology
Location: New Bedford, MA
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Assistant Professor (Coastal Fisheries Management and Policy)
University of Honolulu
Location: Honolulu, HI
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Assistant Professor (Ocean Governance and Marine Resources)
University of Honolulu
Location: Honolulu, HI
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Assistant Professor (Fisheries Oceanographer)
University of Honolulu
Location: Honolulu, HI
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Assistant Extension Agent (Fisheries Extension Faculty)
University of Honolulu
Location: Honolulu, HI
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Postdoctoral fellowship in Nature Based Solutions: Blue carbon
ecosystems in South Africa
Stellenbosch University
Location: Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Assistant Professor of Oceanography
University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)
Location: Fairbanks, AK
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Four students at either the PhD or MSc level
Wildlife Evolutionary Ecology Lab at Memorial University
Location: St. John’s, Newfoundland
Details: email s.pasqual@oceans.ubc.ca

Assistant Research Scientist – Blue Crab Stock Assessment
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Location: Solomons, MD
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Postdoctoral Fellow for Climate and Blue Food
Stanford University
Location: Stanford, CA
Details: email s.pasqual@oceans.ubc.ca

Postdoctoral Scientist in North Atlantic Right Whale Modeling
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
East Boothbay, ME
Details: email s.pasqual@oceans.ubc.ca

Postdoctoral Associate in Applied Fisheries Ecosystem Modeling
University of Florida
Location: Gainesville, FL
Details: email s.pasqual@oceans.ubc.ca

Term Research Scientist (developing high resolution marine habitat use models for Chinook salmon using acoustic telemetry data)
DFO
Details: email s.pasqual@oceans.ubc.ca

Senior Ocean Safety and Engineering Consultant
UNESCO
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Post-doctoral position in abundance estimation by close-kin mark-recapture (start date: Jan 2024)
The National Institute for Ocean Science (Ifremer)
Location: Nantes, France
Details: email s.pasqual@oceans.ubc.ca

Postdoctoral Fellowship – Applied Pacific Salmon Habitat Modelling
Pacific Salmon Ecology and Conservation Lab at the University of British Columbia and the Canadian Wildlife Federation
Location: UBC, CWF (Ottawa), or other locales
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Postdoctoral Scholar in Coral and Mangrove Values and Valuation
Stanford University
Location: Stanford, CA
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Data Scientist and Data Manager
Stanford University
Location: Stanford, CA (negotiable)
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Community Ecologist
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide
Location: Eugene, Oregon (Hybrid)
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Research Scientist, Healthy Planet Healthy People Initiative
Stanford University
Location: Stanford, CA
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Assistant Professor of Marine Policy
Western Carolina University
Location: Cullowhee, NC
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PhD Positions Studying the Ecology of White Sturgeon and Chinook Salmon (2)
The Freshwater Fish Ecology Laboratory at the University of Northern British Columbia and the Pacific Salmon Ecology and Conservation Laboratory at the University of British Columbia
Location: UNBC (Prince George, BC; Dr. E. Martins) or UBC (Vancouver, BC; Dr. S. Hinch)
Details: email s.pasqual@oceans.ubc.ca

PhD Position (2) and Postdoc (1) in Aquatic Food Trade (IUU risk in supply chains, further taxa disaggregation based on species distributions, and effects of shocks on trade)
University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Location: Seattle, WA
Details: get in touch with Jessica Gephart (jgephart@american.edu)

Postdoctoral Associate in Quantitative and/or Movement Ecology
North Carolina State University
Location: Raleigh, CA
Details: email s.pasqual@oceans.ubc.ca

PhD student position
Virginia Tech University
Location: Blacksburg, VA
Details: email s.pasqual@oceans.ubc.ca

Assistant Professor of Marine Policy
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Location: Juneau, AK
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Postdoctoral Associate in Applied Fisheries Ecosystem Modeling
University of Florida
Location: Gainesville, FL
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Seafood Safety Specialist
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Location: Kodiak, Juneau, AK
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Assistant or Associate Professor – Fisheries Oceanography
UMass Dartmouth
Location: North Dartmouth, MA
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Assistant or Associate Professor – Estuarine & Ocean Sciences
UMass Dartmouth
Location: North Dartmouth, MA
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Postdoctoral Scholar in Caribbean Fisheries
Stanford University: Natural capital project
Location: Stanford, CA
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White Shark Postdoctoral Researcher
Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University
Location: Stanford, CA
Details: To be considered, interested candidates should provide a cover letter and Curriculum Vitae and the names and contacts of at least three references to Dr. Barbara Block at bblock@stanford.edu

PhD Student Opportunity in Coastal Food Web Ecology August 2023
Michigan Technological University
Location: Houghton, MI
Details: Email s.pasqual@oceans.ubc.ca

PhD Position studying the movement and trophic ecology of migratory marine fishes
Stony Brook University
Location: Stony Brook, NY
Details: For further information please email a copy of your CV and/or resume, including contact information of three professional references to Professor Michael G. Frisk (michael.frisk@stonybrook.edu) and Dr. Oliver Shipley (oliver.shipley@stonybrook.edu)

Researcher (2)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Postdoctoral Research Program)
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2 research positions: salmon responses to climate change
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Details: Email s.pasqual@oceans.ubc.ca

Quantitative fisheries scientist
University of Washington
Location: Seattle, WA or Juneau, AK
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Post-doctoral Fellow for the Sustainability Action Lab
Stanford School of Sustainability
Location: Stanford, CA
Deadline: N/A (start date: September 2023)
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Multiple opportunities
Ocean Wise
Location: Vancouver, BC
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EBFM Postdoc, Pacific Fishery Management Council’s fourth ecosystem initiative
UW, NOAA (NW and SWFSC)
Details: kiva.oken@noaa.gov. Message the IOF for more information.

Research Assistant I (PT Temporary)
Hanlon laboratory
Location: Woods Hole, MA
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Finance and Operations Manager, Center for Ocean Solutions
Stanford University
Location: Stanford, CA (hybrid)
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Post-doctoral Research Associates / PhD Candidates in Ocean Carbon Research
University of California Irvine School of Physical Sciences
Location: Halifax, NS
Details: To apply, submit a PDF file with your curriculum vitae, research proposal, and contact information for three referees by email to anya.waite@dal.ca. We will review applications as they are received. Informal inquiries are welcome.

Graduate Students and Researchers for TAKING STOCK transparency assessments on China, Indonesia and Vietnam
FiTI
Details: Sven at sbiermann@fiti.global.

Postdoc Research Appointment
Alaska Pacific University and the NOAA-NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Location: Anchorage, AK (no local residency requirements)
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Enforcement Manager
Blue Finance
Location: Flexible
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Recreational Fishery Creel Observer
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, South Coast Stock Assessment
Location: Various locations on Vancouver Island and the lower mainland
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biogeochemical Oceanography
Princeton University
Location: Princeton, NJ
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Climate & Ecosystems Coordinator
Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems
Location: Portsmouth, NH
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PhD or mobility postdoctoral position in Ocean Coupled Physical Biogeochemical Modelling
Liège University and University of Grenoble Alpes
Location: Liège, Belgium
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Postdoctoral Scholar – Ecosystem Modeling and Fisheries Science: Climate Change, Nutrient, and Contaminant Impacts on the Salish Sea
University of Washington Tacoma’s Puget Sound Institute
Location: Tacoma, WA
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PhD Graduate Assistantship – stable isotopes and food web modeling
University of Florida
Location: Gainesville, FL
Details: email Dr. David Chagaris

Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor in Marine Biology – School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences and School of Oceanography
University of Washington
Location: Washington, DC
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Assistant Professor of Coastal Ecology
University of Washington
Location: Seattle, WA
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Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Opportunities in Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry
The Ecosystems and Global Change Group at Trent University
Location: Peterborough, ON
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Pre-call: Postdoctoral fellow on Dynamics of interconnected crises in the global economy and the environment
Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere (GEDB) at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
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Postdoctoral fellow on mid-value chain engagement for food system transformation
ReSus project under the Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere (GEDB) at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
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Assistant Professor of Sustainable Aquaculture
University of Washington: Academic Personnel: College of the Environment: Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Location: Seattle, WA
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Assistant Professor of Coastal Ecology
University of Washington: Academic Personnel: College of the Environment: Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Location: Seattle, WA
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor – Ecosystem Science
Binghamton University’s Environmental Studies Program
Location: Binghamton, NY
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Director for Clean Shipping, Ocean, Climate
United Nations Foundation
Location: Washington, DC
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Director for Climate Impacts – Clean Cooking Alliance
United Nations Foundation
Location: Washington, DC
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Environmental research specialist (vulnerability to ocean acidification)
Oleson Ecological Economics Lab at the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management at the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa
Location: Honolulu, HI
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Post-Doctoral Researcher
San José State University Research Foundation
Location: San Jose, CA
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2 Fully-Funded PhD Positions: Laboratory of Quantitative Global Change Ecology
University of Toronto
Location: Toronto, ON
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PhD opportunity: environmental DNA modelling of alpine lakes
Université de Sherbrooke
Location: Sherbrooke, QU
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Science Officer
PAGES (Past Global Changes; https://pastglobalchanges.org)
Location: Bern Switzerland
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Research Data Analyst
Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions
Location: Stanford, CA
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Distinguished Research Scientist
Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center (LMRCSC), University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Location: Princess Anne, Maryland
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At-Sea Fishery Observer & Field Technician
J.O. Thomas and Associates
Location: Embark from Metro Vancouver, Port Renfrew, Campbell River, Port McNeill, or Port Hardy.
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PhD opportunity: environmental DNA modelling of alpine lakes
Université de Sherbrooke
Location: Sherbrooke, QC
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MITACs-POSTDOC in ecological habitat modelling
Université du Québec à Rimouski
Location: Rimouski, Quebec
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Advocacy Specialist
Brown Girl Surf
Location: Oakland, CA
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Coastal & Ocean Stewardship Program Manager
Amah Mutsun Land Trust (AMLT)
Location: Remote, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Santa Clara, San Benito, and Alameda counties, CA
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Senior Fisheries Manager
Tla’amin Nation (TN)
Location: Powell River, BC
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BI-02 level Data Management and Analytics position with the Molecular Genetics Lab
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Location: Nanaimo, BC
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Postdoctoral position in marine ecosystem modeling
MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation (MARBEC)
Location: Sète, France
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School Programs Coordinator
Marine Science Institute
Location: Redwood City, CA
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Executive Director
Center for Coastal Studies
Location: Provincetown, MA
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