Pacific salmon and trout are remarkable fishes. They have long sustained the health and culture of indigenous people from California to Alaska, Russia, and Japan. They currently support important commercial and recreational fisheries, yet in some areas they are in serious jeopardy.

NOAA Corps is an Active Duty Uniformed Service under the Department of Commerce. They are a Uniformed, but not Armed, Service of 330 commissioned officers that operate the NOAA’s fleet of research ships and aircraft around the country, collecting scientific data for the public.

The 2021 Spring Seminar Series will be held virtually online and open to the public. Every other week there will be a “Departmental 101” talk and every other week there will be a real live chemical oceanography talk.

The 2021 Spring Seminar Series will be held virtually online and open to the public. Visit the SAFS events page and click the “subscribe” button to have each seminar and join link added to your calendar.

Thanks to 20 years of observations from thousands of citizen scientists, University of Washington researchers have discovered distinct patterns in the mass strandings of by-the-wind sailor jellies. Specifically, large strandings happened simultaneously from the northwest tip of Washington south to the Mendocino coast in California, and in years when winters were warmer than usual.

Assist in removal of marine debris (primarily derelict fishing gear and plastics) from the Northwest Hawaiian Islands (French Frigate Shoals).
Our work: Our crew of 9 employees and volunteers will be conducting cleanup operations at Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals. For 10 days, our crew will be camping on Tern Island and cleaning up the above-mentioned types of debris.

Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs seeks a Program Manager to coordinate and implement all aspects of the organization’s work, including the Ocean Awareness Contest and related educational programming.

The Communications Specialist, who will be supervised by New York Sea Grant’s Communications Manager, will assist with the program’s website re-design and maintenance, including keeping content fresh and updated, and incorporating latest technology and other communications techniques.

My name is Natalie Knops and I am the program director for the National Student Leadership Conference’s Marine Biology program which will be held at the University of Washington this summer. The NSLC offers pre-college summer programs for high school students facilitated by current undergraduates. Our program’s main focus is on developing leadership capacity within ambitious young adults while introducing the wide array of career possibilities within marine biology. I am looking to hire several rising seniors, juniors, and sophomores to serve as Team Advisors and Assistant Team Advisors for our program. The position is paid/full-time.

When it comes to things that give us the heebie-jeebies, parasites reign supreme. However, they are a necessary part of our ecosystems. SAFS assistant professor Chelsea Wood joins Bill Nye on his “Science Rules!” podcast to explain what makes parasites so creepy, how to prevent them from killing us, and why she keeps digging around in decades-old cans of salmon.