50(1) of Marine Ornithology now online!
Marine Ornithology is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Pacific Seabird Group on behalf of a consortium of seabird groups: African, Australasian, Dutch, Japanese, and Pacific.
News
Welcome to the PSG newsfeed! Here you will find the latest in announcements for the annual meeting, conservation action, volunteer opportunities, awards, and many more topics related to PSG, seabirds, and conservation. To filter the postings and find news for a specific topic, just select one of the News Categories on the right!
Job Opening: Predator Control Specialist (HI)
Hallux Ecosystem Restoration is hiring a Predator Control Specialist to monitor and control non-native invasive vertebrates including cats, rats, mice, barn owls, and feral pigs within three endangered Hawaiian Petrel and Newell’s Shearwater colonies in the remote and mountainous Hono O Na Pali (HONP) Natural Area Reserve on Kaua’i. Deadline to apply: 4/30/2022.
Job Opening: Antarctica Program Biologist
Point Blue is hiring a Program Biologist that will be part of a team that studies Adélie penguin breeding and wintering ecology with the objective of increasing our understanding of population structuring of this and other species through time. Deadline to apply: 5/8/2022.
Job Opening: Endangered Seabird Field Assistant (HI)
The Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit is hiring a position with the Kauai Seabird Recovery Project to carry out research and management activities for the recovery of Kauai’s endangered seabirds. Deadline to apply: 4/21/2022.
Job Openings: Fishery Management Specialists (AK)
NOAA Fisheries Alaska Region is pleased to offer three job opportunities. Deadline to apply: 4/4/2022.
Job Opening: Seabird and Marine Mammal Biologist (WA)
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is hiring a full-time, permanent seabird and marine mammal biologist to conduct professional biological studies and provides analysis and assessment of wildlife management data using established scientific principles and techniques. Deadline to apply: 4/10/2022.
Job Openings: Field Team Leader and Field Officer (Gough Island)
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is looking to recruit a Field Team Leader and Field Officer to carry out bird monitoring and other field work on Gough Island, including the control of an invasive plant Sagina procumbens and activities following the unsuccessful mouse eradication operation on the island in 2021. Deadline to apply: ASAP! Interviews start in early…
Three Funding Opportunities for Coastal Communities & Habitats
Pacific Birds Habitat Joint Venture announces a $140 million investment will be made to protect coastal communities and enhance fish and wildlife habitats. There is a informational webinar about the RFP, hosted Pacific Birds Habitat Joint Venture, on 3/30/2022 and the deadline for pre-proposals is 4/21/2022.
2 Postdoc Positions: Marine spatial planning and cumulative impacts of blue growth on seabirds (Norway)
The Department of Terrestrial Ecology at Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) is announcing two vacant positions for post-doctoral research fellowships. Deadline to apply: 3/31/2022.
Call for Albatross/Seabird Drone Survey Data
The Wildlife Conservation Society, Duke University, and the University of Tennessee – Knoxville are working together to adapt and train a convolutional neural network (CNN) to detect a wide range of species in variable environments. To do this, we need data! We need tens of thousands of drone images with nesting albatross to input into the CNN to teach, train, and validate…
