Fisheries-related Jobs/Opportunities

[Allen Rutherford]

1. The 2026 International Fisheries Section Fellow Award to represent IFS/AFS with an oral presentation at the 2026 Fisheries Society of the British Isles (FSBI) Annual Symposium is now open. This event will be convened by the University of Southampton and held from July 27-31, 2026. Applications are due February 27 - APPLY HERE.
1. This award is open to all American Fisheries Society graduate student members or American Fisheries Society members who are within 3 years of post-graduation from a graduate degree program.

 

2. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is accepting applications for an OPS F&W Biological Scientist II 77907368 (deadline = March 3, 2026). To apply: click here. For more information, see attached.

 

3. The Department of Ecology at Montana State University is seeking field technicians for 2026 to assist with high-profile data collection on blue ribbon trout streams (i.e., Big Hole, Beaverhead, Ruby, Madison, Yellowstone rivers) in southwest Montana (deadline = open until filled). To apply: See attached.

 

4. Texas Parks and Wildlife Coastal Fisheries in Dickinson, Texas is looking to hire many interns. See below for information about each internship and be sure to apply to each one you are interested in! Deadline to apply = March 11, 2026

Fisheries Management

• Sabine Lake (Port Arthur, TX) - https://capps.taleo.net/careersection/802/jobdetail.ftl?job=00055918&tz=GMT-06%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago
• Galveston Bay (Dickinson, TX) - https://capps.taleo.net/careersection/802/jobdetail.ftl?job=00055692&tz=GMT-06%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago
• Matagorda Bay (Palacios, TX) - https://capps.taleo.net/careersection/802/jobdetail.ftl?job=00055931&tz=GMT-06%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago
• San Antonio Bay (Port O’Connor, TX) - https://capps.taleo.net/careersection/802/jobdetail.ftl?job=00055912&tz=GMT-06%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago
• Aransas Bay (Rockport, TX) - https://capps.taleo.net/careersection/802/jobdetail.ftl?job=00055909&tz=GMT-06%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago
• Corpus Christi Bay (Rockport, TX) - https://capps.taleo.net/careersection/802/jobdetail.ftl?job=00055914&tz=GMT-06%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago
• Upper Laguna Madre (Corpus Christi, TX) - https://capps.taleo.net/careersection/802/jobdetail.ftl?job=00055771&tz=GMT-06%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago
• Lower Laguna Madre (Brownsville, TX) - https://capps.taleo.net/careersection/802/jobdetail.ftl?job=00055940&tz=GMT-06%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago

Hatcheries

• Sea Center Hatchery (Lake Jackson, TX) - https://capps.taleo.net/careersection/802/jobdetail.ftl?job=00055715&tz=GMT-06%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago
• Sea Center Visitor Center Education (Lake Jackson, TX) - https://capps.taleo.net/careersection/802/jobdetail.ftl?job=00055917&tz=GMT-06%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago
• Perry R Bass Research Center Hatchery (Palacios, TX) - https://capps.taleo.net/careersection/802/jobdetail.ftl?job=00055759&tz=GMT-06%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago
• Marine Development Center Hatchery (Corpus Christi, TX) - https://capps.taleo.net/careersection/802/jobdetail.ftl?job=00055919&tz=GMT-06%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago

Ecosystems Resources Program

• Dickinson, TX - https://capps.taleo.net/careersection/802/jobdetail.ftl?job=00055737&tz=GMT-06%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago
• Corpus Christi, TX – https://capps.taleo.net/careersection/802/jobdetail.ftl?job=00055936&tz=GMT-06%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago

Water Resources

• Austin, TX - https://capps.taleo.net/careersection/802/jobdetail.ftl?job=00055920&tz=GMT-06%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago

 

Please send any announcements (job opportunities, scholarships, travel awards, training, etc.) you wish to circulate on the SDAFS Listserv to kelsey....@ncwildlife.gov. SDAFS listserv emails will be sent every Friday, except for holidays or if there are no announcements.

 

Thanks,

Kelsey

 

Kelsey Roberts  // Piedmont Fisheries Research Coordinator

Inland Fisheries Division

 

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

Office: 336-290-0052

kelsey....@ncwildlife.gov