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STO Inshore Fisheries Shellfish Stock Assessment
Marine Institute
Posted on Jul 8, 2025
This important role supports our organisation in the delivery of its essential work programmes. This role provides candidates with the opportunity to work in a diverse organisation which invests in and celebrates its people.
You will work within the Fisheries Ecosystems Advisory Services (FEAS) in the Marine Institute in the Shellfish and Environment inshore fisheries team specialising in the stock assessment of shellfish including bivalve molluscs, whelks and crustaceans and in evaluating the effects of fishing on marine protected areas (Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas) including effects on marine mammals, seabirds and benthic habitats. The team produces annual advice on the management of shellfish stocks based on a field programme that includes research surveys at sea, port sampling, observer work at sea, stock assessments and habitat surveys and assessments. The team is also involved in a number of projects that support the advice, including restoration of oysters, assessing by-catch in set net fisheries, transitioning high-impact to low-impact fisheries, acoustic telemetry of endangered elasmobranchs that are at risk of by-catch and deployment of vessel monitoring systems on inshore fishing vessels.
A C.V. and letter of application, summarising experience and skill set applicable to the position should be emailed to recruitment@marine.ie or posted to Human Resources at the Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Galway, H91 R673. All correspondence for this post should quote reference FEAS/STO/INS/July 25
Closing date for Applications:
All applications for this post should be received by the Marine Institute in advance of 12 noon on Friday, 18th of July. Late applications cannot be accepted.
For more information, please see the job description: Job Description