Position Title:
Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University
Ocean and Coastal Livelihood and Governance in the Caribbean Region
Internship Placement Description
Socio-economic Monitoring Research Assistant
Country:
Internship host
Placement description
Barbados and Dominica
Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES),
University of the West Indies, cave Hill Campus, Barbados, Global Socioeconomic
Monitoring Initiative for Coastal management (SocMon) Project
The intern will work with the partner organization to determine changes in the fisheries-related socio-economic characteristics of the fishing viilages of Colihaut,
Dublanc and Bioche, Dominica. Impacts of present and proposed development were assessed in 2008 with a view to ensuring sustainable use of the resource base of these communities. Since then, there has been no major development in the area but there has been a shift in the local fishery from coastal to off-shore operations as a result of the promotion of the FAD fishery and increase in the numbers of younger fishers to the fishing industry.
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Learn about SocMon development, methods, global and regional plans, and site case studies
 Assist in training ≥ 10 fisheries managers and other stakeholders in SocMon
Caribbean methods
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Assist in selection of SocMon core variables for sustained monitoring based on site and case studies
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Co-author 1 training workshop report from Dominica activity for participant, institutional memory
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Participate in site monitoring (design; data collection, analysis, interpretation; validation; lessons)
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Co-author 1 site monitoring plan from Dominica activity for use in adaptive management decisions
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Produce 1 training and site monitoring video for promotion of SocMon
Caribbean methods
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Populate Global SocMon/SEM-Pasifika online database ( www.socmon.org
) with site data
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Co-author 1 oral or poster presentation at 68 th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries
Institute, Panama, 2015
Qualifications
Share information via the SocMon/SEM-Pasifika Facebook page, SocMonitor etc.
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Canadian citizen or permanent resident
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Graduate or senior undergraduate student enrolled at Dalhousie
University in good academic and financial standing
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Registered in a course for which the student will gain academic credit for the internship placement during the term of the internship
Internship placements will normally occur in the summer term. The duration is 3-6 months.
Financial support for the internship is available.
Application deadline
– April 6, 2015
Submit the application to:
Becky Field, Administrator
Marine Affairs Program, Marine.affairs@dal.ca