Career Opportunities in the Marine Sciences

The Career Opportunities in the Marine Sciences Symposium is sponsored by the Boston Sea Rovers.

The COMS Symposium will be held Friday, March 9, 2012.

This year’s program will be announced soon.  The 2011 program was a great success and featured presentations about:

  • Marine science opportunities for students – education and employment
  • Underwater cave research
  • Invasive lionfish management in the Caribbean
  • Horseshoe crabs – a life-saving invertebrate
  • Marine research at sea
  • Special educational and volunteer programs at the New England Aquarium
  • The Sea Rovers Scalli Summer Internship Program

Advance registration is required! Teachers may apply to bring up to 50 students and one chaperone per 25 students.  Upon acceptance, admission is free to school groups and their teachers.

Please send a letter explaining why you would like to bring your students to the symposium and how many seats you are requesting to gbuckley@fas.harvard.edu no later than February 16, 2011.  Please confirm both field trip approval and transportation approvals with your Administration.

Questions can be sent to that email or vincent.malkoski@state.ma.us. Calls may be made to George Buckley at 617-998-8597.