ATU's - MRFC are Hiring a Post Doc Researcher!

The Marine Freshwater Research Centre (MFRC) is recruiting for a Fixed Term Post Doc Researcher in PETS bycatch monitoring and mitigation within the EU Horizon Marine Beacon project https://marinebeacon.eu/

Marine Beacon is an EU funded project that will address gaps in our current understanding of how fisheries bycatch impacts protected, endangered and threatened species.

The key objective of the Marine Beacon project is to address the impact of bycatch on the decline of marine biodiversity by producing the knowledge and tools to effectively reduce the bycatch and subsequent mortality of PETS within European waters and beyond.

Marine Beacon is funded through Horizon Europe and the consortium has 21 partners including research, technology and fisheries stakeholders from 9 countries that will closely collaborate with sister EU-funded projects REDUCE and EU LIFE CIBBRINA, fisheries and regulators and others to support project objectives.

The postdoctoral researcher will be based at the Atlantic Technological University in Galway city and will work on key frameworks, including a best practice guide for bycatch monitoring of PETS  as well as developing a framework for the evaluation of bycatch mitigation trials, devising guidelines and confidence scoring for their assessment. Further, noise modelling will be carried out to determine the range and effect of sound exposure from acoustic deterrent devices (ADD) on marine mammals and other PETS, as well as on the marine soundscape. Acoustic data will be collected through fieldwork, including experimental control trials, and outputs from this work will encompass an environmental impact assessment, in addition to seasonal acoustic soundscape maps of ADD usage.

This Post Doc is funded under the EU's Horizon Europe work programme topic HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-5: Understanding and reducing bycatch of protected species. https://marinebeacon.eu/ 

33 Month Fixed Term Contract. The successful candidate would be expected to start as soon as possible after receiving an offer. Applicants should note a panel may be created from which future vacancies for this role may be filled.

Closing date: 12 Noon on Friday 6th December 2024

Apply here: https://lnkd.in/eg5Fj2Xc

Contact email: Recruitment@atu.ie