The National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center is accepting cover letters and resumes for the upcoming 2007 field research season to study the endangered Hawaiian monk seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The work is part of
The National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center is accepting cover letters and resumes for the upcoming 2007 field research season to study the endangered Hawaiian monk seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
The work is part of a long-term, annual Hawaiian monk seal population monitoring and conservation program which includes conducting trend counts; tagging seals; identifying individual seals by tags, scars, natural markings and applied bleach marks; monitoring reproduction, survival, injuries, entanglements, migration, performing necropsies; collecting scat and spew samples for food habitat analysis; collecting tissue samples for DNA analysis; and collecting and removing debris capable of entangling seals and other wildlife.
Behavior data are also collected at some sites.
Employment will be from early April to mid-September, though some positions will continue until early October.
The number of positions and/or continuation of the program is subject to funding.
The first four to five weeks of employment are spent in Honolulu training and packing, and the final weeks are also spent in Honolulu to clean up gear and summarize data.
Transportation from Honolulu to and from the field site, food and lodging in the field are provided, though transportation, food and lodging in Honolulu are not covered.
Field work is accomplished by two- to five-member teams in remote camps.
Researchers live either in wall tents or buildings at the various sites.
For submission guidelines and general information, visit www.pifsc.noaa.gov/psd/.
Pay ranges between $10.73 and $14.87 an hour for field camp leaders and assistants.
