GMRI’s Community Department seeks a full-time temporary intern from June to December, 2010, to conduct research supporting two projects:
1) GMRI provides technical assistance to 14 of the 17 groundfish sectors operating in New England’s waters. The intern will assist staff with background research for the sectors’ annual submission of operations plans and environmental assessments as required to get approval from the National Marine Fisheries Service. In addition, the intern may help staff with ongoing training of sector managers and members.
2) GMRI is developing a program to enable and promote innovation in marine diversification in the Gulf of Maine. The initial phase of this project will be a comprehensive analysis of innovative uses of marine resources from around the world in an effort to identify key opportunities of the Gulf of Maine. The intern will assist the Director of Community Initiatives by collecting and analyzing data on marine innovation and its applicability to our region. The program’s goal is to facilitate the development of new niche marine markets in renewable energy, bio-environmental monitoring, water management, marine biotech/pharma and functional foods.
Read all about the position from About Marine Biology.