Fisheries or Aquaculture Analysts

Date:         May 2022

Position:   Fisheries or aquaculture analysts

Type:         Independent contractor

Term:         Ongoing

Background on SFP

Founded in 2006, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) is a marine conservation organization working toward a world where the oceans are healthy, all seafood is produced sustainably, and everyone has access to sustainable seafood. We leverage the power of seafood buyers and retailers in every part of the seafood supply chain to rebuild depleted fish stocks, reduce the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming, address social issues in fishing, and advance economic opportunities for fishers and their communities. Our Supply Chain Roundtables (SRs) allow seafood suppliers to work together in a pre-competitive environment to promote and support improvements in fishery and aquaculture practices, management, and policy. Visit us at www.sustainablefish.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Background on FishSource

SFP’s FishSource is a publicly available online global database of fisheries, fish stocks, and aquaculture. FishSource is growing a network of aquatic resource analysts and would like to invite individuals, organizations, or university programs with expertise in fisheries or aquaculture sustainability to apply to join our pool of independent contractors.    

Aquaculture and fisheries information in FishSource provides high-quality, scientific, and objective analysis, presented in a highly summarized form under individual FishSource profiles. The information is used by the world’s biggest retailers, foodservice providers, and seafood companies.

Aquaculture

FishSource aquaculture profiles assess how individual aquaculture industries are managing their environmental impacts. Using the FishSource aquaculture methodology, aquaculture analysts are responsible for producing profiles (narrative, data, and scores) that assess whether the industry has adopted (or is in the process of introducing) zonal management.

This approach, which is often referred to as a landscape approach, recognizes that farms are interconnected and share the same resources, and aims to ensure that industry growth is based on scientific evidence of carrying capacities and disease risks.

Individual aquaculture industries are those defined by:

• An individual species group (salmon, shrimp, tilapia etc.,) 
• A province or state within a country 
• Environment (freshwater, marine, brackishwater).

To learn more please visit the FishSource Aquaculture FAQs. 

Fisheries

FishSource wild fisheries profiles assess the status, management, and environmental impacts of stocks and fisheries globally. FishSource defines a fishery as conducted by a flag state with a specific fishing gear on a stock of a single species or taxon, within a management unit. 

Analysts will use the FishSource wild-capture methodology to summarize and score the stock health, the precaution of the management strategy, and scale of compliance. Analysts will also evaluate the environmental impacts on other ecosystem components.

To learn more, please visit How FishSource Works.

Minimum Requirements

Aquaculture

• Bachelor of science in natural resource management, environmental management, aquaculture, fisheries, or marine or ocean field. 
• Knowledge and experience in improved environmental or resource management preferred over technical aquaculture knowhow.
• Proficiency in consolidating information from multiple international sources.
• Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking English.
• Excellent communication and organization skills.

Fisheries

• Bachelor of science in a fisheries, marine, or ocean science field.
• Knowledge of fisheries stock assessments, management plans, and ecological impacts of fishing.
• Proficiency in consolidating information from multiple international sources.
• Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking English.
• Excellent communication and organization skills.

Additional Comments/Desirable Qualities

Aquaculture

• Familiarity with the key sustainability issues and management approaches in aquaculture.
• Experience in communicating and working with documents produced in other international languages, including Chinese, Spanish, and Portuguese.
• Experience in working remotely to set deadlines.
• Familiarity with using reference software – Zotero.

Fisheries

• Familiarity with a diversity of global fisheries or diverse language skills, with a particular focus on China or Southeast Asia, although all language skills are desirable.
• Experience in working remotely to set deadlines.
• Familiarity with using reference software – Zotero.

If you are interested in being considered for future work, either as an aquaculture analyst or a fisheries analyst, please tell us about yourself by sending us an email and attaching a CV or resume. This isn’t an opening for a specific role, but an open call for parties interested in being considered for future work opportunities when they arise.

Please contact us at jobs＠sustainablefish.org with any questions or with your expression of interest, adding “Call for analysts” to the subject line. We look forward to connecting with you.