Marine Science Career Resources

Job Boards

Graduate School Opportunities

• American Fisheries Society Job Board
• Texas A&M Natural Resources Job Board

Internships and Volunteer Opportunities

• Association of Zoos & Aquariums Job Board
• Conservation Job Board
• USAJobs

Undergraduate and Recent Graduate Opportunities

• AmeriCorps
• American Conservation Experience
• National Park Service Scientists in Parks
• Student Conservation Association
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pathways

Social Media

Facebook

• Basecamp: Outdoor Jobs & More
• Divemaster Jobs & Internships Worldwide
• Marine Biology Career Network
• Marine Science and Conservation Careers Group
• Marine Science Internships, Jobs & Opportunities
• Minorities in Shark Sciences
• Wildlife Science Career Network
• Women of Fisheries

Instagram

• @basecampoutdoorjobs
• @greenjobsboard
• @miss_elasmo
• @occupation_wild
• @ocean.scholar

Gulf Coast Organizations

Florida

• Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
• Florida Sea Grant (UF)
• Mote Marine Laboratory
• National Park Service—Everglades, Dry Tortugas, Biscayne, Gulf Islands
• Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Mississippi

• Grand Bay NERR
• Gulf Islands National Seashore
• MS-AL Sea Grant Consortium
• MS Aquarium
• MS Dept. of Marine Resources
• MS Museum of Natural Science
• MS Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks
• MSU Coastal Research and Extension Center

Alabama

• AL Coastal Cleanup
• AL Coastal Foundation
• AL Marine Resources Division
• AL Rivers Alliance
• AL State Parks
• AL Wildlife Federation
• Dauphin Island Sea Lab
• McWane Science Center
• South Alabama Land Trust

Louisiana

• Audubon Nature Institute
• Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
• LA Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries
• LA Sea Grant (LSU)

Texas

• Texas A&M Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research
• Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network
• Texas Parks and Wildlife
• Texas Sea Grant (TAMU)
• Texas State Aquarium

For more advice and guidance, see our “Marine Science Career Resources” StoryMap and our “So, You Want to Be a Marine Scientist?” Gulf Coast Fisherman Newsletter.

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This work was supported in part by the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, and the states of Alabama and Mississippi. Federal grant number NA24OARX417C0155-T1-01. The statements, findings, conclusions and recommendations are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of any of these funders. MASGP-24-041

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