Job Location : Manteo,NC, USA
Department: Environmental Quality
Division: Marine Fisheries
Job Duties: Assist with various North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries independent and dependent sampling programs, collecting data essential to assessing finfish stocks and in the development of North Carolina fishery management plans.
Major Task to be Performed: Fishery independent experience includes trawling for juvenile finfish, fishing gill nets for adult finfish and fishing long line gear for adult red drum from various locations within the Outer Banks estuaries in North Carolina including the Pamlico, Roanoke, and Croatan Sounds. Along with collecting biological and environmental information from fishery independent programs, the intern will also assist with our finfish tagging program where they will get to tag species such as red drum, speckled trout, striped bass, and southern flounder. Fishery dependent sampling experience includes dock side sampling of commercially harvested finfish and blue crabs from a variety of fishing gear such as gill nets, pound nets, and pots which are primarily used throughout the Outer Banks estuaries during the summer season. This type of sampling not only involves the collection of biological data but also gear information by interviewing commercial fishermen.
Final Product or Outcome Anticipated: Experience a broad range of fish sampling gear techniques typically used in the collection of fisheries information for the management of fisheries resources. Skills learned are invaluable introductory experiences for those individuals interested in a fisheries science career.
Academic Majors Desired: Marine Biology, Fisheries Science, Zoology, Biology, Ecology, Environmental Policy/Science, Wildlife Management, or any related fields
2024 State of North Carolina Internship Period: Monday, May 19 - Friday, July 25, 2025
Knowledge or seeking knowledge of North Carolina coastal fisheries resources. Skills related but not limited to North Carolina coastal fisheries resources.
* An applicant must be a permanent North Carolina resident attending a college, university, law school, community college or technical institute in North Carolina or a North Carolina resident attending an equivalent institution out of state.
* Applicants must carry a 2.5 or greater overall grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
* Applicant must be at least 18 years old by January 1, 2025.
* Applicants must be continuing their education in the fall following their participation in the program.
* To qualify for a law internship, applicants must have completed at least one year of law school before the beginning of the internship, unless other majors are listed.
* Students having previously held paid internships with this program are not eligible to apply.
* Applicants must be willing and able to work full-time for the entire 10-week internship. Applicants must be able to provide legal proof of identity and work authorization within three working days of employment.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
NC Department of Administration
Council for Women & Youth Involvement
Attn: Jean McBride, Internship Coordinator
325 N. Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27699-1322
Phone: (984) ###-####