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August 2026
Capacity-Building Expert
United Nations Environment Programme
Location: Geneva
Deadline: August 1, 2026
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Spawning Ground & Creel Monitoring Technician- Scientific Technician 2
State of Washington
Location: Grays Harbor County – Montesano, WA
Deadline: August 2, 2026
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Technical Specialist, Policy Engagement
Flora and Fauna
Location: Cambridge, UK
Deadline: August 2, 2026
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Senior Fisheries Advisor
JNCC
Location: Peterborough or Aberdeen, UK
Deadline: August 2, 2026
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Vice President, Chile
Oceana
Location: Chile
Deadline: August 2, 2026
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Content Creator
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Location: Monterey, CA
Deadline: August 3, 2026
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Director Fisheries Management
Northern Territory Government (Australia)
Location: Darwin Australia
Deadline: August 3, 2026
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Manager Fisheries Policy
Northern Territory Government (Australia)
Location: Darwin Australia
Deadline: August 4, 2026
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FISHERIES INTEGRATION ANALYST (RFP)
CPAWS
Location: Remote, anywhere in Canada
Deadline: August 7th, 2026, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
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Stakeholder Engagement Manager
The Marine Institute
Location: Oranmore, Galway, Ireland
Deadline: August 7th, 2026, 12:00 p.m. Irish Standard Time
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PhD position – Observing upper ocean stratification changes in the Southern Ocean
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Location: Munich, Germany
Deadline: August 8, 2026
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DIRECTOR, UN OCEAN DECADE COORDINATION
UNESCO
Location: Paris, France
Deadline: August 8, 2026
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Postdoc in Oceanography
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)
Location: Bremerhaven, Germany
Deadline: August 9, 2026
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Marine Field Scientist (Fixed Term)
DNV’s Life Sciences
Location: Gloucester. UK
Deadline: August 10, 2026
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Head of Fisheries Management
Falkland Islands Government
Location: Stanley, Falkland Islands
Deadline: August 16, 2026
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Licensing & ITQ Officer/Manager – Fisheries
Falkland Islands Government
Location: Stanley, Falkland Islands
Deadline: August 16, 2026
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Environment Programme Associate
Oak Foundation
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Deadline: August 25
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Assistant Professor (Marine Biologist)
University of Hawai’i at Manoa – College of Natural Sciences
Location: Hawai’i, USA
Deadline: review starts August 31, 2026
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Chief Impact Officer
Global Fishing Watch
Location: (remote, must be based in) United Kingdom, United States, Spain, Costa Rica, Panama
Deadline: review starts August 31, 2026
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September 2026
Assistant Professor of Marine Science, Marine Mammal Scientist, tenure-track
Marine Science Program at Eckerd College
Location: St. Petersburg, USA
Deadline: September 15
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Assistant Professor of Marine Science, Marine Geologist, tenure-track
Marine Science Program at Eckerd College
Location: St. Petersburg, USA
Deadline: September 15
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Marine Senior Engineer / Chief Engineer
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canadian Coast Guard
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Deadline: September 30
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October 2026
MEEC Education Specialist
Nova Southeastern University
Location: Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida, United States
Deadline: October 1
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Assistant Professor – Impacts of Global Environmental Change
Department of Geography, UC Berkeley
Location: California, USA
Deadline: October 2
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Louisiana Sea Grant Education Coordinator
Louisiana State University
Location: Louisiana, USA
Deadline: October 2
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Sea Grant Engagement Coordinator
Louisiana State University
Location: Louisiana, USA
Deadline: October 2
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Postdoctoral Fellow – modeling of marsh and mangrove ecosystems
Water Resources and Coastal Engineering, Louisiana State University
Location: Louisiana, USA
Deadline: October 14
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December 2026
9-month instructor position in marine sciences
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences at Louisiana State University
Location: Louisiana, USA
Deadline: December 5
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Marine Ecology Research Assistant
Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation
Location: Samos and Lipsi, Greece
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Director, Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program (BBNEP)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Location: Mattapoisett, MA
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Conservation Project Manager
Coastal Conservation League
Location: Charleston, North Carolina
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Director of Advancement
Coastal Conservation League
Location: Charleston, North Carolina
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Manager, Coastal Resilience
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Location: Washington, DC
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Marine Biologist 2
HDR
Location: Victoria, British Columbia
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Senior Marine Biologist
Keystone Environmental
Location: Greater Vancouver, British Columbia
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Environmental Field Specialist
Keystone Environmental
Location: Burnaby, British Columbia
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Senior Fisheries and Aquatics Biologist
Tetra Tech
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
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Project Coordinator
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership
Location: Remote, Argentina or Guatemala
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Research Assistant I, Gillis Lab
Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution
Location: Woods Hole, MA, USA
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Senior Administration Officer, Iberia
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
Location: Madrid, Spain
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Marine Operations Officer
MSC Cruises
Location: Ocean Bay, Bahamas
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Coastal Ocean Modeler
The Ocean Cleanup
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Director of Channel Operations
4ocean
Location: Remote or Boca Raton, FL, USA
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Chief of Marine Operations
The Nature Conservancy
Location: Palmyra Atoll
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Allonby Bay (Marine Science & Engagement) Officer
Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Location: Allonby, Cumbria, UK
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Marketing Director
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
Location: Sanibel, FL, USA
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Marine Planning Officer
University of the Highlands and Islands
Location: Scalloway, Shetland, UK
To apply for this job email your details to recruitment.shetland@uhi.ac.uk
Senior Fisheries and Aquatic Biologist
SLR Consulting
Location: Victoria, BC
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Global Director, Indigenous and Community Leadership in Conservation
The Nature Conservancy
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil – Seattle, WA
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Manager, Fisheries and Aquatics
Hatfield
Location: Calgary, AB – North Vancouver/New Westminister, BC
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PhD in Earth System Modelling of Catastrophic Events
University of Bern
Location: Bern, Switzerland
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Senior Coordinator, Fisheries Technology
Conservation International
Location: Seattle, WA (preferred) – Honolulu, HI – Arlington, VA
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Teaching Assistant Professor, Wildlife and Fisheries Science
West Virginia university
Location: Morgantown, WV
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Postdoctoral Associate
OceanX
Location: aboard the research vessel R/V OceanXplorer
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Senior Data Project Manager – Ocean Data Platform
Hub Ocean
Location: Lysaker, na
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South Shore and Cape Cod MRIP Recreational Fisheries Technician
Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Location: United States-Massachusetts-New Bedford – 836 South Rodney
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Advanced Field Operations and Data Modernization Support Service
Ocean Associates Inc. (OAI)
Location: Seattle, Washington
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Associate Director of Monitoring and Evaluation
Maritime Aquarium
Location: Norwalk, Connecticut
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Program Manager – CCLME Fisheries
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP)
Location: North Africa/Remote
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Marine Biologist – Alaska
Fisheries Monitoring and Research Department, A.I.S., Inc. (AIS)
Location: Alaska (Remote)
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Fisheries Biologist
Scientific Research and Technical Services Department, A.I.S., Inc. (AIS)
Location: Newport, Oregon (Hybrid)
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Director of Research & Innovation
Cape Eleuthera Institute
Location: Deep Creek, Eleuthera, The Bahamas
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Senior Aquatic Resource Specialist
HATCH
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Intermediate. Aquatics Biologist
Jacobs
Location: Burnaby, BC
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Sr. Aquatics Biologist
Jacobs
Location: Burnaby, BC
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Senior Aquatic Ecologist – Mining
Azimuth Group
Location: Sidney, BC
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Fisheries Management Subject Matter Expert (SME)
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
Location: Washington, DC
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Great Lakes Habitat Restoration Specialist
Entarian
Location: candidates must reside within the Great Lakes basin.
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Enforcement and Compliance Fellow
Waitt Institute
Location: San Diego, CA
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Underwater Acoustics Senior Consultant
SLR Consulting (Canada)
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Principal Environmental Consultant Marine & Coastal
SLR Consulting
Location: Dubai
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Senior Ecologist
SLR Consulting
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Senior Geo-Environmental Consultant
SLR Consulting
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Humane Aquaculture Policy Program Manager
Lever
Location: Remote, OTHER
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Animal Care Internship Application (Mantaees)
Parker Manatee Rehabilitation Habitat at The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature
Location: Bradenton, FL
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position in Geochemistry
University of Delaware
Location: Newark, DE
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PhD Opportunities in Community Ecology (Marine and Coastal Systems)
University of Melbourne
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Staff Biologist I – Coral Reef Restoration Monitoring
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
Location: Sarasota, FL
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Staff Biologist I – Grazers Restoration Research
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
Location: Sarasota, FL
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Staff Biologist II – Restoration Data Management and Analytics Coordinator
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
Location: Sarasota, FL
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Off-site Aquarium Biologist
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
Location: Sarasota, FL
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Eminent Scholar in Ocean Technology
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
Location: Sarasota, FL
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Principal, Biodiversity & Habitats
Minderoo
Location: Perth Australia
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Postdoctoral Researchers (2 positions)
School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Location: Shanghai, China
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Postdoctoral Fellow: Synthesizing Deep-Sea Coral Restoration Practices
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), UC Santa Barbara
Location: Santa Barbara, California, USA
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