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Ocean Career: Ocean Associates Inc Hawaiian Marine Wildlife Response Support
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- Ocean Associates, Inc. (OAI) is seeking Hawaiian marine wildlife response support at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO) Protected Resources Division (PRD).
- Among its many responsibilities, PRD coordinates responses to strandings of marine mammals and sea turtles (collectively referred to herein as “marine wildlife”) in the main Hawaiian Islands, in partnership with the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center and numerous government agencies and non‐government organizations.
- The services needed will support stranding responses to live and dead animals in the field and in NOAA facilities on Maui, and to assist with associated data collection, data management, and administrative support.
- In an average year, PRD coordinates responses to approximately 40 marine mammal (cetacean and monk seal) strandings and hundreds of sea turtles strandings in the main Hawaiian Islands.
- To determine the cause of stranding deaths, authorized network members conduct post‐mortem exams, which include a necropsy (animal autopsy) and tissue sampling and analysis.
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