Duluth, Minn. — Minnesota Sea Grant is recruiting applicants for the 2024 MNSG Community-Engaged Internship in Fisheries and Aquaculture (MNSG CEI). The undergraduate internships are designed to broaden participation in Great Lakes, marine and coastal professions by providing training and mentorship to the next generation of scientists, decision-makers and community members.
The MNSG community-engaged intern will work with Minnesota Sea Grant fisheries and aquaculture staff on a variety of projects in the lab and in the field. Projects will be located at the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Center (MAISRC) Containment Lab (MCL) on the University of Minnesota St. Paul campus, and field activities will occur throughout the state. As part of the internship the candidate must be willing and able to travel to North Carolina to participate in the Sea Grant CEI Field Experience program. North Carolina Sea Grant will arrange air travel for students and pay all expenses for the trip.
Application deadline is 5 p.m. CT, April 14, 2024.
For internship requirements and application details, click here.
Overview of Job Responsibilities
- Raising Yellow Perch from eggs to adults in both a flow-through and recirculating aquaculture system (RAS).
- Refining the methods to produce Yellow Perch fingerlings at the MAISRC lab.
- Applying those methods at the Little Earth of United Tribes’ (LECUT) new aquaponics facility.
- Assisting with the development of accessible and engaging outreach material for the LECUT aquaponics facility.
- Assisting with gathering information for outreach materials and helping with activities associated with MNSG’s 2024 Aquaculture Decision-Maker Day during which MNSG staff will lead legislators, policymakers, and aquaculture producers on a tour of selected Minnesota aquaculture facilities.
- Assisting with other fisheries and aquaculture projects in the lab and in the field as opportunities arise.
- Participating in the National Sea Grant CEI Field Experience program and activities.
— Minnesota Sea Grant