Student Opportunities

High School Opportunities

  • High School Summer Courses

The Council sponsors high school summer courses on fisheries and marine science in American Samoa, Guam, CNMI and Hawaii every summer. Courses include fishing events, guest lectures, class activities and field trips. For more information, please contact Mark Mitsuyasu at (808) 522-8223 or Mark.Mitsuyasu@wpcouncil.org

Undergraduate Opportunities

  • Undergraduate Summer Internships

Undergraduate summer internships are not being solicited at this time.  Please check back again for updates

         Fisheries Internships and Student Help (FISH) Project
Recognizing that student help is a win-win situation for the Council and the student, the Council’s Fisheries Internship and Student Help (F.I.S.H.) project is designed to provide interested high school, college students, and new professionals in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, and the CNMI with practical experience in coral reef ecosystem, bottomfish, and/or pelagic fisheries management. A primary aim of the program is to increase local fisheries management capacity over time. Secondary aims include introducing young professionals to the Council process so that they can participate more fully in the bottom-up management of fisheries and increasing available data by facilitating undergraduate, graduate, and PhD research on regional fisheries issues.

Project Goals and Objectives:
The project has three primary goals:
1. Build local capacity in fisheries science and management.

  • Develop a pool of qualified individuals in the islands that can work in local resource agency offices in fisheries science and management
  • Measurably reduce reliance on off-island contract staff (especially in the case of the territories) who are hired to work for local agencies and at federal program sites

2. Increase local understanding of, and familiarity with, the fishery management council system process in up and coming marine and coastal resource professionals.

  • Increase the cooperation between jurisdictional and federal fishery and marine managers through placement of student interns and helpers
  • Provide opportunities for education on fisheries to the community through building well-informed students as ambassadors for the Council

3.  Increase the productivity of the Council.

  • Provide additional manpower to the staff for meeting the mandates of the MSA
  • Develop the necessary information for Council decisions through increased data gathering and analysis

Project Benefits to Participants:
Participants are expected to benefit by:

  • Gaining employment and research experience and skills
  • Working with a host mentor on a specific project related to natural resource management with real-world applications
  • Understanding how their internship experience and studies relate to local needs and identifying potential careers
  • Developing strong and long-lasting networks of professional contacts for future career searches through university mentors, agency partners and fellow cohort members
  • In some cases, earning academic credit for their internship experience and final report

Eligibility Requirements

  • Applicants must be currently enrolled as an undergraduate student and be majoring in a fisheries science or management field OR be majoring in another field with a distinct interest in fisheries science and management
  • Applicants must be eligible to work in the US
  • Applicants must have housing in Honolulu, Hawaii

Application Procedure

Applicants must fill-out the online application and provide writing samples and a resume as requested in the application. Applicants must also provide a preliminary project choice of project as indicated on the application.

For more information, contact FISH Project Coordinator, Joshua DeMello, at (808) 522-7493 or Joshua.DeMello@wpcouncil.org 

 

Graduate Opportunities

See US Pacific Territories Fishery Capacity-building Scholarship

 

 

 

Professional Development Opportunities *Coming Soon*