Career: Fisheries Science

"I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life and my elders said do what you’re interested in and that will make it easy. When I did my first Uu-a-thluk internship I realized just how connected I was to fisheries. I was taught by my late grandpa and my elders that we don’t waste the resource, but the way the government has managed it shows a lack of respect for the resource as a whole. Fisheries should be managed holistically; that’s what Nuu-chah-nulth mean when we talk about hisuk’ish ‘tsawalk."

Are you curious by nature? Do you want to make new discoveries and expand our knowledge?

 

If most of the following statements apply to you, you might be ready for a job in fisheries science.

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