Dedicated to the study and conservation of Pacific Seabirds and their environment.
On Friday, along with a statement from the Pacific Seabird Group (PSG) Executive Council responding to the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, we asked for your thoughts and suggestions on improving diversity, equity and inclusion, within our own scientific community.
Dear PSG community, Seabirds cross ecological and geo-political boundaries and remind us that diversity is a most treasured attribute in nature. Likewise, cultural and racial diversity are critical for a thriving and innovative scientific community.
The Cormorant Oceanography Project at Oregon State University is hiring one seasonal field technician, 6/22/20 to 8/17/20, to assist with an ongoing interdisciplinary study of cormorant behavior. Deadline to apply: 6/7/2020.
Martha and Scott Hatch have worked together on many field trips to remote islands, coauthored important papers in seabird biology, run one of the longest seabird monitoring programs in the Pacific, mentored countless early career seabird biologists, and currently administer the Institute for Seabird Research & Conservation, a non-profit they created post-retirement. Scott worked for…
Julia Parrish is the Wakefield Endowed Professor in the University of Washington (UW) School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences and Associate Dean within the College of the Environment. Her citizen science program, the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST), now over 20 years old, monitors 1,000 km of beaches from the North Slope of…
We anticipate hiring a postdoctoral scientist to (1) develop hierarchical distance sampling models for pinniped populations in the Salish Sea, and (2) estimate detectability for aerial surveys of overwintering sea ducks in the same region. Deadline to apply: 6/10/2020.
Prescott College Kino Bay Center seeks a fellow to conduct waterbird monitoring, enter, analyze and apply data. Deadline to apply: 5/15/2020.
The original Earth Day was launched in part as a response to the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill which led to the oiling and deaths of thousands of seabirds. Since then, oil spills are less frequent – click to read about what else has changed.
Shoals Marine Laboratory seeks two (2) Seasonal Seabird Technicians will work with a Program Manager to study and manage a breeding colony of Common, Roseate and Arctic terns at Isles of Shoals. Deadline to apply: 3/1/2020.
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge is recruiting 6-10 Biological Science Technician (Avian) positions for the summer of 2020 to assist with our seabird monitoring program. Deadline: 13 February 2020, 11:59PM EST.
Marine Ornithology is an open access journal that is published through a partnership of the African Seabird Group, Australasian Seabird Group, Dutch Seabird Group, Japanese Seabird Group, and Pacific Seabird Group.
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The objective of the Conservation Fund is to advance the conservation of seabirds in developing countries primarily in or bordering the Pacific Ocean by providing funds for conservation and restoration activities, and building within-country seabird expertise. Learn More »
